I've been doing acting since I was 6 years old, and I don't know how to do anything besides act and sing. Back in the day, you had to do it all - you had to sing, dance, and act. I'm from the old school where that is what I was trained to do, and that's what I am expected to do, so it's weird when people ask me to choose.
I am always asked, 'You grew up in Africa?' Every time I introduce a film, or I'm interviewed, 'You grew up in Africa?'
A lot of the stuff I am now seeing is edgy, raw kinda material.
As a Republican, I am all for competition.
I am not in the business of suppressing books.
I am used to training 10 to 12 sessions a week, so I have the physical and mental endurance that comes with being an athlete.
I am not a grammarian. Maybe my style is eccentric.
You see, I am friends with a lobsterman. Because we are friends, which feels lucky anyway, I get access to the most amazing fish. It's like having a backstage pass - a culinary jackpot that feels almost undeserved.
I am probably biased, but I think social media is the great equalizer. It gives everyone a megaphone. Young people who might not have had the platform for exposure can now get their ideas out to a very receptive audience.
I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn't crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.
I am having a good time doing nothing.
I have met people on the subway who have told me the most profound stories, and I am convinced we all have something to teach each other if we just slow down long enough to hear the message.
I am against any reconciliation with Israel.
I am demanding.
I'm past my wooing days now. See, I am an honest person. If I like a girl, I will go and tell her.
I am actually a resident of three worlds - of America, of India, and of Africa. I live in Uganda most of the year. It's extraordinary to have that worldview that is an expansive one rather than just looking at the world from where you sit.
I am happy at Tottenham. I go into work every day with a smile on my face, and that is important.
What's the greater risk? Letting go of what people think - or letting go of how I feel, what I believe, and who I am?
I am not generally regarded as a pleasant or socially minded fellow.
It's great to hear from people who have been touched by these songs. It has been good to know that the Lord is using this in ways I am not even aware of.
I have been passed over on some things because people didn't think I was edgy enough. But the people who took those gigs are gone now, and I am still here.
If I were to say what I really think I would be arrested or shut away in a lunatic asylum. Come on, I am sure that it would be the same for everyone.
In the first place, the preparation of the Nobel lecture which I am to give has shown me, even more clearly than I knew before, how many others share with me, often, indeed, have anticipated me, in the discoveries for which you have awarded me the prize.
Dysphonia is not a singing problem. It's a voice box issue in the muscle on the voice, very different from having a nodule on the vocal cords, which I've never had. I'm lucky that I've never had that. It needs a long renewal time, and even today, I am still addressing it.
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
My parents didn't do office hours, and they did not do vacations, so if you had a problem, you could always come around. I watched them and thought, 'OK, this is what you are supposed to do.' I was very engaged in my local primary school and when I went to secondary school and to university. And one thing led to another, and here I am.
I am not for raising taxes in a recession, especially when it comes to job creators that we need so desperately to start creating jobs again.
And it was only released in London last week, so when I go back to England Monday or whatever, I am expecting heaps of adulation. I'm hoping there is. If that doesn't happen I will be disappointed.
It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.
Most people don't really like to pose. It is difficult to get them to be present and relaxed under this kind of molecular scrutiny. I want them to understand I'm not simply painting them: I am painting them within a precise moment in time, as a shadow moves across their eyebrows. Then it is gone. The moment is over.
I am fed up with a system which busts the pot smoker and lets the big dope racketeer go free.
I am plenty lonely in hotel rooms.
Reunited with strawberry, raspberry and blueberry, I am berry, berry happy to be back working with JELL-O.
I realise that I do not change the course of history. I am an actor, I do a movie, that's the end of it. You have to realise we are just clowns for hire. After I had success it was great, at first, not to worry about money. It was on my mind when I was growing up.
I am waiting for a sign that will indicate to me what meaning I must give to my life, but right now my existence is satisfactory.
I see wrinkles and lines, and wear glasses to read, which I hate. But I am in a better place in my body than I used to be.
