I find with records, they become what they're going to become. They take on a power and a direction of their own. Part of making records is to honor that and not try to force it.
You never write down to the people - you write the best you can with the hope that someone else will feel the same way.
I do still have some of the experience from playing, but it's been so long since I've been out in those quarters, semis, finals, the important final matches, just against the top players.
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.
Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily.
In our Constitution governmental power is divided among three separate branches of the national government, three separate branches of State governments, and the peoples of the several States.
If you ask me what I'd rather be doing, well, I'd rather be home in California, watching TV, polishing my tools and working around the ranch.
Everybody needs to understand that I learned Arabic from the United States Army as a second language. I never spoke it at home.
I really see myself as a homegirl. Wales is my first home. London is my second home - I've been there 14 years now.
Whenever anything went wrong at home, because I was the only boy, I would get blamed for it straight away. Girls stick together.
The grand old lady of bluegrass? Well, wouldn't that be a wonderful title to have? I hope I do enough to earn it some day.
But I'm always trying to plan ahead too and in doing so, and in working on this album, I've met a lot people that I hope to be involved with, on their records and in their situations.
I hope that I can be an inspiration to kids that are young and may feel different or may feel like they don't belong.
Some men don't have the opportunity to be the type of father they need to be, and I hope my example teaches them to step up.
Michael has a connection with children, just like Mickey Mouse does, and he brings happiness to them, and joy.
Off with you! You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!
I've always found that the poorer the places that I go, the more smiles I see, and the more happiness I see.
Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there's nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends.
'Lincoln' is a powerful film. It's one of those epic films that talk about this very specific issue in history of the United States.
When I was in school, all our history books were American, so we learned American history, not Canadian history.
I've always been a big consumer of American journalism over the years and had an interest in the history of it and of the press in America; how it has changed.
