"I've never been good at rock'n'roll songs, anyway; either I'm blessed or I'm cursed, but whatever I write comes out sounding old."

“The process of creation becomes necessary to the painter perhaps more than is the picture. The process in fact is habit-forming”

“I worked at McDonald's. I cooked. It was one of the toughest jobs I've ever had. These people earn every single penny they get. In fact, they earn way more than they get.”

Source : "Pols back #FastFoodStrikes" by Jose Delreal, www.politico.com. December 05, 2013.

“Nothing has changed in Russia since Ivan the Terrible when it comes to the divide between the people and the state. The state demands a sacred willingness to make sacrifices from the people.”

“I have become my own father.”

Source : Michael Lindsay-Hogg (2011). “Luck and Circumstance: A Coming of Age in Hollywood, New York, and Points Beyond”, p.272, Knopf

“What's amazing about Sarah [Brightman] is that she's sustained such a career. She just keeps going - she's like a machine. She tours and records and loves what she does. I think she's a really good example to anybody in the industry that there is life beyond the shows.”

Source : Source: www.broadwayworld.com

“The board is currently undertaking what could be its most important task, ... We are confident that we're going to make a choice that is in the best interest of the company, shareholders and others.”

“There is no debate whether we need a cultural policy or not. We do need it, but there are different ways of doing it.”

“I'm in no rush to become extremely famous.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.