It wouldn't quite be fair to say September 11, like, made my career.
There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New testament, that says, 'If you believe in Me, you ain't going to have no troubles. '
Don't go backwards - you've already been there.
It's like Duke Ellington said, there are only two kinds of music - good and bad. And you can tell when something is good.
I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water.
Just because you can't see anything , doesn't mean you should shut your eyes.
Music to me is like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music.
Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme.
Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance.
I think if I had just slowed down a little bit it could have a little easier. I multiplied how difficult it needed to be instead of just saying, fair enough. You don't have to make it hard.
You get what you ask for in this life. If you ask for nothing, you get nothing.