“Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.”

“I think of myself as a positive agnostic. I don't know, therefore I'm open. I don't know, therefore I'm interested.”

“I find it amusing on one level, poignant on another, when people try to get recognition from an outside source. It's sad.”

“The word 'success' - who's defining it? It's about whether or not it makes me feel good. Four billion people don't have to see or hear it. If I've enjoyed the process of creation and I'm at peace, ...”

“When you learn that a truth is a lie, anger follows.”

“'Feminist comedy,' practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that occurred during wartime, when Rosie the Riveter went to work in the...”