When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.

Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy, and when I make music I always hope it will have the same effect on whoever listens to it.

Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.

It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.

Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.

I hope I can help guys come out and say, 'All right, dude, I got a manicure... and I liked it.'

I think it's impossible to judge whether another person should come out. You just hope they will on their own time and their own terms.

If we are going to stay a great power and I hope and pray we will we need the truth. We need to know what is going right and we need to know what is going wrong. There is no greater time than now.

It's part of the calling to at least do a few songs in the show that give people some hope. There's so much hurt in this world and... music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles.

I told the President, I told Rahm Emanuel and others in the administration that I thought the policy they took to try to bring about negotiations is counter-productive, because when you give the Palestinians hope that the United States will do its negotiating for them, they are not going to sit down and talk.