The audiences are there as a result of my history with the band but also as a result of my being able to reach people with a tune.
Growing up, I always had my dreams set on being an actor, so I looked up to Julia Roberts, Audrey Hepburn.
All signs point to there being many virtual and augmented reality competitors, and not just a single, dominant company.
There's something overwhelming about being in raw nature. It's got an aura about it is that is really kind of majestic and spiritual.
The sad and horrible conclusion is that no one cared that Jews were being murdered... This is the Jewish lesson of the Holocaust and this is the lesson which Auschwitz taught us.
I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.
Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be?
Beauty means expression and being your most authentic self.
Secular intellectuals may wax eloquent about 'true Islam' being humane and peaceful, on TV programmes, but it is clear that they have not read any authoritative translations of the Koran, the Sira, and the Hadith.
Again, we saw in Bosnia - we had U.N. peacekeepers tied to trees, being taken hostage. The fact is they don't have the type of deliberate and authoritative rule that I think is needed to get the job done.
I would have never signed the Patriot Act. I would have never signed the National Defense Authorization Act allowing for arrests and detainment of you and me as U.S. citizens without being charged.
The age of access being offered by taxi-hailing apps like Uber and Ola is the biggest potential threat to auto industry.
In many countries, schools are preparing students to participate in a democratic environment; yet schools themselves tend to be extremely autocratic, with all high-level decisions being made by adults.
Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.
A player dreams of being a superstar, but he doesn't want people flocking all over him asking for an autograph.
Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have it and those who do not.
I remember being amazed that actors had a union. I thought only coal miners had unions, or guys that worked in automobile plants. That's an indication of how naive I was.
Not only have individual politicians and celebrities personally condemned your automobiles for being too messy, noisy, and harmful to the common good, but they've tried to affect the natural market through taxes on larger vehicles along with incentives and quotas for 'greener' cars.
The studios aren't lining up to make films about black protagonists, black people being autonomous and independent.
I've said it before about the Nobel Prize: it's like being struck by a more or less benign avalanche. It was unexpected, unlooked for, and extraordinary.
