“I'd really rather put songs on people's lips than in their ears.”

“I don't intend to write depressing songs and I'd probably rather write happy ones”

“I'd rather make a show 100 people need to see, than a show that 1000 people want to see.”

“I'd far rather leave a thought behind me than a child. Other people can have children.”

“There's no doubt that we have other problems with Iran. But personally, I'd rather deal with the other problems having put that lid on their nuclear program than still to be facing that.”

“Few people take objectives really seriously. They put average effort into too many things, rather than superior thought and effort into a few important things. People who achieve the most are selective as well as determined.”

“Look. Listen. Use ears I'd be proud to call our own. Listen to the silence behind the engines' noise. Jesus, Sweets,. Hear it? It's a love song.

For whom?

You are loved.”

“People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed up and open about it than somebody perfect and ready to explode.”

“Fixing America is not an insurmountable task. It's actually about putting people first rather than politics. I wouldn't be involved in this if I didn't think that we can make a difference, and that it is easy, it's really easy to be principled and put the issues first and politics last.”

“I'd rather talk to people who do things than complain about other people who do things. I say they're idiots.”