It's a melting pot, southern Africa. You find these cultural collisions that result in art and music, and it's pretty amazing. Use this quote
That's why I do this music business thing, it's communication with people without having the extreme inconvenience of actually phoning anybody up. Use this quote
In the music industry, we value large success. I realized that while I would like that, that it's not what my writing is about. And if I start making it about that, it becomes impure. Use this quote
A friend of mine has a big farm in the desert, and she picks up feathers and roadkill for me, then makes it into clothes. I think it's cool to wear roadkill. If I died and somebody wanted to wear my teeth around their neck to VMAs, I'd feel honored. Use this quote
For instance, I'm always fascinated to see whether, given the kind of fairly known and established form called popular music, whether there is some magic combination that nobody has hit upon before. Use this quote
I want to go out at the top, but the secret is knowing when you're at the top, it's so difficult in this business, your career fluctuates all the time, up and down, like a pair of trousers. Use this quote
Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence. Use this quote
There was nothing more important I could do than be supportive as a dad. Use this quote
A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. Use this quote
Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary. Use this quote
I just hope that our fans are people who are inspired by music, and just use our music as a background or inspiration for whatever it is they do. Use this quote
There are probably several hundred thousand if we narrow the definition to include only those who in their search for money and power are ruthless and deceitful. Use this quote
While I've had a great distaste for what's usually called song in modern poetry or for what's usually called music, I really don't think of speech as so far from song. Use this quote
To be successful in life what you need is education, not literacy and degrees. Use this quote
I can't date women my own age any more - I hate going to cemeteries. Use this quote
My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world. Use this quote
I don't see how the party that says it's the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy which destroys families that have been here a quarter century. Use this quote
The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions. Use this quote
Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world. Use this quote
My dad was good friends with the Bad Medicine Blues Band - one of the only blues bands in Fargo, as you can imagine! He took me out to see them play when I was 12 years old and I was really inspired by their guitar player, Ted Larsen. Use this quote
