"Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest."

"When I was four years old, my mother put me into a school for early music education where you get perfect pitch and harmony and composition."

"Countries have lost their culture because what they wanted was money. Money became the running theme in every country and culture was sacrificed."

"I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music - that makes it exciting."

"The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity."

"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?"

"I certainly respect other people's opinions, but I would not vote for a woman to be the pastor of a church."

"The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be."