I don't see myself being an actress forever.
In order to change the world, I guess a person would have to really get his head together first before he can say anything to the world, to change it.
Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.
I think that we honor ourselves by honoring our past.
If I live by illusions, you live by excuses.
I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.
I wouldn't say that I'm the greatest guitarist ever. I'd say probably that I'm the greatest guitarist sitting in this chair.
Overhead hung a summer sky furrowed with the rush of rockets; and from the east a late moon, pushing up beyond the lofty bend of the coast, sent across the bay a shaft of brightness which paled to ashes in the red glitter of the illuminated boats.
Love has its own time, its own season, and its own reasons from coming and going. You cannot bribe it or coerce it or reason it into staying. You can only embrace it when it arrives and give it away when it comes to you.
I had lunch the other day with my niece, Emma, and she said, 'You're so smart, Aunt Julia. ' And I wanted to say, 'I'm not smart - I'm 41! You're 17!'
It used to be that conservatives who were in government, like myself, we would get what we felt was unfair coverage, we'd go home, we would grumble, we would complain about it, but we actually wouldn't say anything to the reporter or to the reporters while they're asking us additional questions.