Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.
Something called 'the Oklahoma Standard' became known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength and compassion that will not be defeated.
I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.
OK, I'm not what you'd call 'wild.' But I'm no prude, either - I love to party, and I play a mean game of pool.
My very first acting gig was in a movie for Russ Parr. He did this movie called 'Love for Sale,' and that was my first role in any film.
People do dismiss ambient music, don't they? They call it 'easy listening,' as if to suggest that it should be hard to listen to.
That's the exact concept behind the music: to take that kind of, I guess whatever you want to call it, jazz sensibility - but not have it be about solos.
I used to be fast and loose with the term 'country' because I didn't know what else to call my music. I still don't.
Books are acts of composition: you compose them. You make music: the music is called fiction.
I'd call what I do pop music, but it's folky and electronic and it doesn't really sound like much else.
I was never too keen on the British music press. They've called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didn't write our own songs.
You have to give kids something to rebel against. You can't like their music - you have to call it noise. It's incumbent on a parent.
People listen to music with cavemen ears: Is it a bird song or the call of a lion? The audience at a musical is dancing in their hearts.
They sign a bunch of women, and they call it a movement. I don't like the way women in music have been identified as women first and musicians second.
There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.
I'm very flattered to be called a style icon! But it's simple, my style; it's just men's suits and shoes. That's the basic premise.
The moral and spiritual aspects of both personal and international relationships have a practical bearing which so-called practical men deny.
I went to the Westminster College for Men in Missouri, which is what it was called back then, and transferred to the University of Denver where I ultimately got my degree.
What took time for my mom was getting the pronouns right and calling me by a different name. Laverne was my middle name before I transitioned.
If Judd Apatow called me, I'd do it without thinking about it. I think he does really fun movies.
