I don't really work on songs when we're touring because there's just too much other stuff going on.

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

My father could have been deported because on his immigration application he said that he was a printer, obviously because he didn't want them to be checking his writings.

Before my stroke, I thought I was infallible, because I was physically strong, and could do these endless hours with no effects, whatsoever. But sooner or later, we all hit a wall.

If there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it's because I put the character first.

I get along with everybody because I don't believe anybody.

I always struggle auditioning, actually, because I'm so obsessed with era-appropriate clothing.

I grew up in Mexico until I was 16, and then we moved to San Antonio because my dad's business was headquartered there.

When you have an acoustic bass in the ensemble it really changes the dynamic of the record because it kind of forces everybody to play with a greater degree of sensitivity and nuance because it just has a different kind of tone and spectrum than the electric bass.

I tried martial arts classes for three weeks, but I quit because you actually get hit. I just want to do the movie kind of martial arts.

I dyed my hair blonde when I was 13 because I wanted to be like my mum and my gran, who both have blonde hair.

Just because you are a good amateur, it doesn't mean you're going to be a good professional.

Many MIDI files contain entire musical compositions. Because MIDI supports only 16 channels, however, no more than 16 different instruments can play at any time, and one of those is the key-based percussion instrument.

I play piano and ukulele, and I taught myself those things just because I wanted to play them.

You don't get to recall a senator just because you don't like her or just because you want the seat for your own party.

The reason that you have statutes of limitations is because evidence goes stale sometimes.

Twitter is an amazing thing; it brings footballers closer to the fans because so many of them are on there. I was cynical about it to begin with, but I have been converted.

Emily Gannett is tireless. I know this because I have traded emails with her at 2 A.M. only to later wake blearily to a chipper morning missive sent south of 6 A.M. before her morning run.

My father could have been deported because on his immigration application he said that he was a printer, obviously because he didn't want them to be checking his writings.

England is better only because I stand out there as 'unusual'.