I wouldn’t say that I am one of the greatest dancers, but I am really quite good at what I do.

I’ve written some great things. That’s a gift, but there’s consequences. Yeah, you get this great work, but you suffer. You really, really suffer.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

The best part about being in your thirties is you know what works for you.

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.

Performing is a thing in itself, a distinct skill, different from making recordings. And for those who can do it, it’s a way to make a living.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

What humility does for one is it reminds us that there are people before me. I have already been paid for. And what I need to do is prepare myself so that I can pay for someone else who has yet to come but who may be here and needs me.

All I have to say is basically if performing, singing, acting, and dancing is what you want to do, then you just have to do it – no matter where it is.

People should make up their own mind about what they think of me.

I don’t consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people.

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.

Any top-level athlete, it’s always the same. There’s always that hint of arrogance there… It’s hard to be humble when you’re the best.

I know what I believe, I know what I want to do, and I’m just comfortable saying it, and laying it out there.

What’s wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

I’m trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It’s so easy to get turned.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

In pop music, the public usually see the results – the hit records, the Grammy Awards performances, the concert tours – but not all the work that goes into getting into the spotlight. And not everyone realizes that, even if you have a lot of talent, chances are you won’t make it.

Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted.

The chimpanzee study was – well, it’s still going on, and I think it’s taught us perhaps more than anything else to be a little humble; that we are, indeed, unique primates, we humans, but we’re simply not as different from the rest of the animal kingdom as we used to think.

I’m concerned that my technical skills have advanced to the point where I can get closer to what I’m aiming for, which is not such a good thing.

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don’t have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.

I hear my friends and my mom tell me I’m special, but honestly, I still don’t get it.

I need one of those baby monitors from my subconscious to my consciousness so I can know what the hell I’m really thinking about.

I have made a few mistakes early on that I admit myself, and there have been times when I have gone over the top and done things that you shouldn’t do in international cricket, but that’s how you learn.

Many people have an intense feeling about what they’re best at. Too often, they’re driven away from it by other people.

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.

My number one thing? Don’t overleverage yourself. Don’t say you can do something when you really can’t.

It is a great piece of folly to attempt to make anything out of my early life.

I get nervous when I don’t get nervous. If I’m nervous I know I’m going to have a good show.

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.

Why does your mind conform? Have you ever asked? Are you aware that you are conforming to a pattern? It doesn’t matter what that pattern is, whether you have established a pattern for yourself or it has been established for you.

We’re one of the only animals in the world that don’t really think of ourselves as animals, but we are animals, and we must respect our fellow animals.

Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.

I realized, ‚Yo, I can’t do anything in moderation. I don’t know how.‘

When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European or anything else, you are being violent. Do you see why it is violent? Because you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind. When you separate yourself by belief, by nationality, by tradition, it breeds violence.

You can either be a host to God, or a hostage to your ego. It’s your call.

I think I am smart unless I am really, really in love, and then I am ridiculously stupid.

Although I’m only fourteen, I know quite well what I want. I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty mad from an adolescent, I feel more of a person than a child. I feel quite independent of anyone.

Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do.

Almost everybody is born a genius and buried an idiot.

Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.

I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

Fame doesn’t fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.

I don’t think I get angry.

Sometimes I catch myself stooping, and whenever I am like that, I am sure something is not quite right.

I always keep my guard up with guys and I guess that can get in the way sometimes. I can make them go through hell.

If one has the answers to all the questions – that is the proof that God is not with him. It means that he is a false prophet using religion for himself. The great leaders of the people of God, like Moses, have always left room for doubt. You must leave room for the Lord, not for our certainties; we must be humble.

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

We’re always looking over our shoulders, ‚what they will think, what the press will think, what will this one – am I making the right career move?‘ When you’re young you have to do all that to survive, I suppose.

Children’s talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

Eventually you get to this point where you understand what you want to do and get across and sound like.

Humility may well be one of the most difficult of the fruit of the Spirit to be cultivated in us – and to maintain. That’s because without humility, it’s not likely that you will put your complete trust in God.

I don’t pretend to understand the Universe – it’s a great deal bigger than I am.

It seems to me that terrestrial beings, as they become more autonomous, psychologically richer, shut themselves up in a way against one another, and at the same time gradually become strangers to the cosmic environment and currents, impenetrable to one another, and incapable of exteriorizing themselves.

I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great.

I need to do well and show I’m a worthy driver in F1.