"I am a firm believer in playing the type of music that compliments the song the best. If it's a folk song make it sound like one. If it's a rock song make it sound like one, if it's a rap song take it off the record."

“The first thing to improve society is not banning abortion, but making sure that everyone who had a child is in the best position to be able to rear it.”

“I understand, of course, that grain-fed meat is not the cause of the world hunger problem-and eating some of it doesn't directly take food out of the mouths of starving people-but it is, to me, a symbol and a symptom of the basic irrationality of a food system that's divorced from human needs. Therefore, using less meat can be an important way to take responsibility. Making conscious choices about what we eat, based on what the earth can sustain and what our bodies need, can help remind us that our whole society must begin to balance sustainable production with human need.”

Source : "Frances Moore Lappe: Diet for a Small Planet". Interview with Steve Keull and Pat Stone, www.motherearthnews.com. March/April 1982.

“I'm the type of person that likes to give people a hard time, and I enjoy doing little pranks. If I see someone getting a little aroused I have to keep pushing that button.”

“When I was probably 5 or 6, my mother put me into an acting, singing, and dancing class.”

Source : "Beau Mirchoff On Taking Acting Classes and His Role in 'Awkward'". Interview with Kimberly Lightbody, www.backstage.com. June 25, 2012.

“... Andres Segovia literally created the genre of classical guitar, which hadn't existed before around 1910. There was flamenco, which he borrowed from, but he actually arranged the works of Mozart and other classical composers for guitar, something that had never been done before ... Segovias' style is not slick or contrived, but it's still very clean and his timing is impeccable ... it's got a feeling of casual elegance, as if he's sitting around the house in Spain with a jug of wine, just playing from the heart.”

“We typically make movies that are geared towards 18-year-olds. The people who pay and go to movies more than two or three times are usually under 22, so I get how it works. I don't really want 18-year-old boys to find me that attractive, that kind of would creep me out at this stage.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“Tattoos exude pain and pleasure all at the same time.”

“Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that I'm working in.”