You can hold onto anything to make you carry on..

Take what you got and fly with it..

I find it refreshing to unplug from it for a while. You kind of forget how deeply you get embedded in it..

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself..

Stupid — well, there are so many kinds of stupidity, and cleverness is one of the worst..

I mean that's my entire life right there. I re-evaluted everybody in my life. I narrowed it down to the people that really cared about me. And did aw….

I love music and I guess I have less expectations or pressure to kind of put on myself because the music hasn't been some huge sensation..

I am very comfortable with conflict, be it of the legal or mortal kind. My father was a mediator, a bridge maker. I am a grave maker..

Trust is kind of this economic lubricant. When trust is high, morale is high. ... Higher trust environments produce individuals who are happier..

I'm kind of a private person in a way..

When you're the ingénue no one is really interested in you for that..

I did all kinds of things in order to earn a living..

I'm a fan or naysayer like everyone else, not an authority of any kind..

Nick plays a corrupt politician, which is kind of a redundant statement..

I am not an African. I am an American..

If I had the chance to spend a day with Werner Herzog, I would want there to be a canoe involved. I want to be down in Patagonia or something, and ki….

You can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word..

I know that I'm definitely not a big big snob, and I know that at the times that I am a diva I know I'm being a diva. It's kind of annoying to know t….

A well-rounded performer will listen to all kinds of music. I like classical, Middle Eastern, and rock a lot..

Politics is a highly tribal business..

I was happy to kind of always scoot under the radar..