If I'm going to do television, I wanted that 'North and South' experience. I wanted something that's going to challenge me on a constant basis.
I just don't believe you're capable of being an actor unless you have a desire to experience your emotions in a public way.
Show me someone who doesn't have some sort of experience that they would be uncomfortable for people to know about and I'll show you a dullard.
I never really had a teenage experience. I went from childhood to maturity, and in some ways, it short-circuited me emotionally.
We had a great time making 'Chennai Express.' It was a learning experience working with Shah Rukh... it was a positive experience.
The truth is the real Christian experience is truly about repenting every day because there is no Christian that doesn't sin.
Unfortunately, I think we've probably all had the experience that if we're in a relationship where one of the partners is doing it 'my' way, that relationship is not going to survive.
It's always been something I've been searching for - freedom. It's a very relative thing. It means different things to different people.
There's a hell of a lot of freedom in this rock and roll circus... it's where all the freaks go - it's the environment for me.
The nice thing about the world that I've been able to inhabit for the last couple of years is that I'm given a lot of freedom. Not all artists really get that.
I've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before.
Real freedom is creative, proactive, and will take me into new territories. I am not free if my freedom is predicated on reacting to my past.
Under my contract with Capitol, I have complete freedom to do just about anything I want in my own way.
Our founding fathers could not have foreseen that freedom of the press might eventually be threatened just as much by media consolidation as by government.
The freedom that money gives you makes you... well, I wouldn't say happy, but I'd say it gives you diversity.
It is the people who scream the loudest about America and Freedom who see to be the most intolerant for a differing point of view.
Freedom of expression and freedom of speech aren't really important unless they're heard. The freedom of hearing is as important as the freedom of speaking.
Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of the utmost consequence.
I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.
The spirit of L.A. is untamed wilderness. It's earthquakes and wildfires and oceans and mountain lions and fog. There's great physical beauty.
Beauty can make you powerful in a way that isn't good for you. Being OK is better for the person I have become.
