"People are already finding ways to make their music and play it in front of people and have a life in music, I guess, and I think that's pretty much all you can ask."

"The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part."

"Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence."

"You can know or not know how a car runs and still enjoy riding in a car."

"I don't think consensus-building politics is what I'm meant to be doing."

"Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement."

"Hollywood has a history of raising expectations beyond Washington's reach, of appealing to the very American desire to mythologize political leaders, particularly the president."

"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground."