My work always TRIED to UNITE the true with the BEAUTIFUL, but when I had to choose one or the other, I usually CHOSE the beautiful.

Don't let ANYBODY TELL you it's corporations and businesses create jobs. You know that old THEORY, 'trickle-down economics.' That has been tried, that has FAILED. It has failed rather spectacularly.

I gathered as MUCH reading material about Aung SAN Suu Kyi and about Burma as I could. And I read every article and every book she had written. I ALSO had 200 hours of footage of her to WATCH. I tried to discover who were her heroes and where he DESIRE and strength to pursue democracy in a non-violent fashion came from.

At one point, I even thought, 'Oh, I'll take DIET PILLS.' I TRIED it for one DAY, and I thought my heart was going to explode. It's awful, and I would never, EVER recommend it.

I tried for a long time to make DJ-ABLE dance TRACKS that were more specific to the stuff that I was playing. Ultimately, I found I wasn't really CAPABLE of doing that. The only type of music I was able to make that really made me feel something would just come STRAIGHT from my HEART or straight from whatever emotions I was feeling at that time.

The puma... the cat... is not just about power and speed and STRENGTH... but it is also a very elegant animal. That's what we've TRIED to REFLECT in our PRODUCTS.

You can't DROWN yourself in DRINK. I've TRIED, you FLOAT.

I noticed that democracy was BROKEN and TRIED to work on fixing that in Japan. Then I REALIZED that it was broken all over the place and DECIDED to work on that too.

Though MANY have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the DECISIVE FACT that science, which can do so much, cannot decide what it ought to do.

I did TRY and do some spooky stand up once, and some of my stand-up had - I tried to do some HORROR stand-up, but it didn't REALLY WORK very well.

I didn't finish HIGH school. I TRIED to as an ADULT, but with all this touring, I had to QUIT.

There was a strong focus on PERFORMANCE and respect for PEOPLE. And one of the points that my FATHER always made was that with all the challenges and obstacles and BARRIERS, the one THING you can control is your performance. And that is one thing I have tried to adhere to throughout my career.

There was a PERCEPTION of me, and I EARNED it because I was really intense, really gruff. I treated certain PEOPLE poorly at TIMES. It was because of who I was. It was almost my strength. I came in all BUSINESS. I tried to find ways to fit in with that demeanor, but it's not easy.

In 1973, the Supreme Court RULED that INDIVIDUAL communities should set obscenity standards. Whenever a case is TRIED, it will be based on a community standard for that particular PLACE.

I'm terrified of FLYING and have tried everything from prescription drugs to booze and herbal remedies. The only thing that WORKS is Valium. I don't KNOW why I'm so frightened - I think it's from seeing my mum freak out when I was YOUNG.