It's hard to talk about it without sounding like a hippie. But trees are really inspiring to me. They're like the masters of the earth.
I grew up addicted to 'Star Trek' and 'Mission: Impossible.' Now I switch between 'South Park' and 'C-Span.'
Over the years, many producers have come and gone, and screenplays were written and abandoned. It's the Hollywood process. It's hard to get things done.
I take things like honor and loyalty seriously. It's more important to me than any materialistic thing or any fame I could have.
I think I can connect with an audience because I know what it's like to be on the other side of it and I really remember all of that.
It bothers me to know there is the possibility that I as a Christian would be not only an underdog, but that I would be trodden upon if I claimed that I was a Christian.
There is no earthly reason why a solo string instrument or voice, having the possibility to play or sing pure intonation, should want, or try, to be tempered.
When I'm singing I feel like I'm talking to someone. I'm in conversation when I perform - either with myself or with whomever is listening.
I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.
I feel like I'm creeping closer to finding the situation that triggers songwriting, which is obviously an extreme of an emotion.
You can really call Irene Dunne 'The First Lady of Hollywood', because she's the first real lady Hollywood has ever seen.
I think I’ll feel out of place wherever I go on earth, forever. But that’s fine. I have to make my peace with that.
People want to spend time together and I just couldn't pretend that I wanted to do that. But now I do get it. [..] Though I still don’t do that.
Everyday we have a high calling that we need to fulfill and everyday we can do it whether it's just to smile at somebody we little know.
That's pretty rewarding in itself coming from where I started. Obviously the next goal for me is to make the Olympic team.
When my parents first arrived there, North Dakota had just been admitted to the Union, and the country was still wild and harsh.
The ones the listeners loved most of all in those early years were the four Lennon girls who became the whole nation's little sisters.
I realized some of the pitfalls of being well-known; it was nice if you were successful, but it made it just that much harder to take when you failed.
I was so anxious to succeed that I made a practice of appearing on all the disc jockey shows I could, in order to publicize the band.
Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.
I'm very obsessed with the energy of New York and the idea of the way people behave in the city versus the way they behave in a natural environment.
