Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

I appreciate and enjoy my age.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.

I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.

A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it.

Now, everything I do, I do because I want to. And I believe the best is yet to come.

If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.

Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together.

I am totally fascinated by people and our history as I understand and continue to explore it. People have so much to give and so far to go and yet we have given and gone a great distance. It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me.

I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.

I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people.

I spend a lot of time learning about bird watching.