I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private.
Religion, in any form, is always interesting to me because of how powerful it is. Not even the religion itself, but to the people that follow it... The effect that it has had on people's minds.
Some people think that all the equipment you need to discuss religion is a mouth.
Some people are that - more than a parent, more than a role model, more than anything less than a religion.
If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion.
Success turns a lot of people off. I have a pretty solid sense of joy and respect that irritates people, and can irritate me, too.
People don't want to watch a sport where you see people fall down and somehow score above someone who goes clean.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
Sometimes people take it for granted that they had success, especially nowadays when you have instant stardom. A lot of people feel entitlement and nobody is entitled to anything.
When you're around enormously successful people you realise their success isn't an accident - it's about work.
Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that's probably the biggest key to success.
In a sane, civil, intelligent and moral society, you don't blame poor people for being poor.
I fell in love with Africa and began helping people fix things there.
People ask me to record their answering machines all the time. I love it. It's a miracle to me that people want to hear back those characters.
I fell in love with coaching. I loved interacting with young people, having the opportunity to make a tremendous impression on them.
I would love to have a drink with Meryl Streep or Prince. Those are my top two people I would love to talk to.
I love England from head to toe. I love the weather, the people. I was there in the summer and it was nice. The people are so groovy.
I think that you love who you love, and there are people who you love that people aren't going to understand why, and that sort of doesn't really matter.
When you have a kid and people go, 'What a beautiful child,' it's the same kind of reaction when you play a song that people recognize and love.
What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided in advance that they don't like it.
