"I went right to Chicago to do improv [after law school], but I wish I had gone, "Let me just bypass this law thing." I mean, sure, it helps you read a contract, but I can read a contract regardless. It's just common sense, contracts."

“the flip side of success is fear. And fear is the devil. And success is the devil's dope.”

Source : Elizabeth Ashley, Ross Firestone (1979). “Actress: Postcards from the Road”, Fawcett Books

“I was watching an HBO special on eating habits and different cultures, and they showed in China how people eat cats ... I happened to be sitting on the couch with my cat, and once I saw that, it just put everything in perspective.”

“A regret I have was never being able to interview George Harrison. I just loved him but I never had a chance to interview him.”

“We are a global society, and one does not have to be from Germany to give a great performance of Beethoven.”

Source : "Star-Spangled Baton?" by Leonard Slatkin, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 20, 2013.

“Each divorce is the death of a small civilization.”

“I left Xerox for the non-profit sector because it was clear to me that only public/private partnerships can pull off a turnaround plan at the scale we need to tackle global poverty.”

“People don't really bother me as much as you might think.”

“Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.”

Source : "When Elton met Jake". Interview with Jake Shears, www.theguardian.com. August 21, 2006.