I'm An Obsessive Person. I Like Intensity.

My Sense Of Religion Is Einstein's Sense Of Relativity. I Don't Believe In God. I Believe That Energy Never Dies. So The Possibility Exists That You Might Be Breathing In Some Other Form Of Moses Or Buddha Or Muhammad Or Bobby Kennedy Or Roosevelt Or Martin Luther King Or Jesus.

People Who Go Into The Arts Are Often Hurt People. Many Are Manic-depressive. Some Have Tried Suicide And Some Have Succeeded. It's Just Part Of The Game. We Are People Who Are Oversensitive. That's Why We're In This Business, Because Of Our Need To Communicate.

I Grew Up In Synagogue In The Boys' Choir. We Didn't Listen To Music In The House; Only At Temple. Then I Went To A Mostly African American High School On The South Side Of Chicago And Joined A Gospel Choir.

Arthur Miller Said One Of My Favorite Lines Ever, That He Had The Mother Say To Her Two Sons About A Very Unstable Father In Death Of A Salesman. She Said, "attention Must Be Paid." It's One Of The Most Resonant Lines That I Think He Ever Wrote, And I Think Attention Must Be Paid To The Truth.

It Is A Game, The Whole Ball Of Wax Is A Game - Your Life, My Life, Politics, Economy, Hunger.