I always thought I would move to New York after graduation, but, instead, I moved to Los Angeles. I realized I was more scared of that choice than I was of New York, and I thought, at 22, I should get it over with.

It's profound to watch a little African-American girl light up when she raps as George Washington and she realizes that Washington's story is her story. That this history belongs to all of us.

It's definitely a high when you walk onstage and everybody starts applauding before you even say anything.

We cannot give up on working toward that more perfect union.

I can't believe women walk around in stilettos. I would not make it two steps.

I love how passionate Elder McKinley is about his faith, but he's a perfectionist in a bad way... to the point he denies his true feelings. It's a common story, unfortunately.

I became a fanatic of the architecture of Le Corbusier and I visited almost all his buildings and read all his books. Only later on did I discover that all the things that impressed me in his books, particular his ideology, he had picked up from Auguste Perret.

Prince Charles was a lot wittier than I thought he'd be, and passionate about the environment and architecture.

Every good painter paints what he is.

Let each man exercise the art he knows.

A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.

Mainly what I learned from Buddy... was an attitude. He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn't have any barriers to it.