It reads better than it lives.

An uniformity of weights and measures, arranged upon mathematical principles, would be a benefit to the whole commercial world, if it were wise enoug….

Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody..

Death isn't sad. There's nothing sad about it. Living a shitty life, that's sad..

It's better to not be afraid of things and not avoid things..

The way I work with my cinematographer is not based on general principles, but the ideas are triggered by the locations where we shoot..

You get dealt a hand and you play those cards the best you can..

To dance is to live!.

I tend to eat geographically. When I'm in L.A., I like to eat L.A. food..

I am willing to take any measures when it comes to the fundamental principle of human rights..

Once you start on an idea it proliferates in itself..

God comes to you disguised as your life..

I respect very much my public and also the music I perform..

There is no principle involved in my holdout. Only money..

Now is now. Are you going to be here or not?.

I don't choose my projects based on genre, I choose them based on the role and whether or not I've tackled that yet, based on the director and such..

By nature I'm not a brooder..

We pretend we have it all. We pretend we can have it all..

I just wanna do my music..

There must be no compromise with slavery - none whatever. Nothing is gained, everything is lost, by subordinating principle to expedience..

We must not be anything other than what we are..