The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.

I think human society for tens of thousands of years has sent young men out in small groups to do things that are necessary but very dangerous. And they've always gotten killed doing it. And they've always turned it into a matter of honor and a way of gaining acceptance back into society if they survived.

Once boys' and men's challenges are clear the question 'why now' quickly becomes 'why didn't we see this sooner?' The answer? Virtually every society that survived did so by socializing its sons to be disposable.

I have in some ways saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing them - and having them still have dignity and still survive still get through it.

The idealists will always be in society and we will survive.

How a society channels male aggression is one of the greatest questions as to whether that society will survive. That's why I am not against violence in the media I am against the glorification of immoral violence.

I refuse to step inside the ring and fight like a gladiator against my own. I'm not playing that game. Any woman who has survived a year or more of making music has my undying respect.

Religion survives because it answers three questions that every reflective person must ask. Who am I? Why am I here? How then shall I live?

We can live without religion and meditation but we cannot survive without human affection.

A relationship isn't going to make me survive. It's the cherry on top.