Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business. Use this quote
I've never really had a relationship with Hollywood. I've never had a desire to work there. Use this quote
I confess that for fifteen years my efforts in education, and my hopes of success in establishing a system of national education, have always been associated with the idea of coupling the education of this country with the religious communities which exist. Use this quote
The thing that's protected me creatively is that the movies have made profits. Use this quote
Without music, life would be a mistake. Use this quote
Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity. Use this quote
If somebody for some reason, for music or for movie, becomes famous, it's because they have something, something special. Use this quote
Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love. Use this quote
Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're big enough, people are drawn to you. Use this quote
History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It is stimulating people constantly to want things, want this, want that. Use this quote
It's much easier to wear a Chairman Mao button and shake your fists in the air and all that, then to actually read the Communist manifesto and things like that and actually become involved in politics. Use this quote
But those musics do not address the larger kind of architecture in time that classical music does, whatever each one of us knows that classical music must mean. Use this quote
I love a lot of things, and I'm pretty much obsessive about most things I do, whether it be gardening, or architecture, or music. I'd be an obsessive hairdresser. Use this quote
You know Americans are obsessed with life and death and rebirth, that's the American Cycle. You know, awakening, tragic, horrible death and then Phoenix rising from the ashes. That's the American story, again and again. Use this quote
A few years ago I was at a party and this guy threw me over his shoulder, ran across the street, put me in his car, and stuck his tongue in my mouth. Use this quote
Sports and politics don't mix. Use this quote
I was in relationship with a guy who was much older than me - either he was past his prime and I was coming into mine. There was nothing I could do to keep his attention. Use this quote
I just play the music that I love with musicians that I respect, and fortunately, I'm in a position where people are willing to play with me, and perhaps I can do something to help them. Use this quote
We don't have the luxury of time. We spend more because of how we live, but it's important to be with our family and friends. Use this quote
Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of nature. Use this quote