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" When we meet people who are astronauts or deal in astronomy, it's always really fascinating. "

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" If you look at what happened with Underground Railroad, there is so much action. There is so much intrigue; there is so much of historical importance. "

" Being married is not the same as having a kid because being married to another adult who can take care of themselves to a degree is different than having a kid that is completely dependent on you. "

" I always figured I would live long enough to see a black president. The movies predicted it. Usually, Morgan Freeman. "

" Trump's been a public personality forever, and that's fine if you want him to be a reality-TV host, but if you want him to be president, there's a different standard. "

" I was a huge 'Breaking Bad' fan. I just loved the whole thing. Always interesting, always urgent. The stakes were always high. "

" I was homeschooled for several years. "

" We have this film that we hope to finance, it's called 'Southern Rights.' It's a documentary about segregated proms that are still happening in the South of America. So there's a black prom and a white prom, so we hope to finance a film soon about that. "

" I always felt that rap didn't cause crime; it just reflected it. "

" I love to make fried chicken. "

" For me as a songwriter, I love when other people cover my songs. "

" I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes. "

" The Obamas have been a great example for the country, and I think people are getting a bit nostalgic for that now when they see what some of the alternatives might be. "

" I was around a lot of gospel as a kid. "

" When I write, I don't really focus on duets or anything like that or whether I'm going to feature this or that rapper. I just focus on just making a great song and figure out the rest later. "

" Dr. King was unpopular while he was alive - he's only popular now because he's dead and not a threat to anyone. "

" In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music. "

" With Tinder and all these other things, there's always this kind of illusion with infinite choices. There's something very cool about saying, 'Oh, I actually really care about this person, and I want to commit to loving this person and being loyal to this person.' You can't get that from the kind of infinite multiple choices that are out there. "

" I am a feminist. Women are discriminated against in so many ways, and they make up half the population. "

" I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me. "

" I was a wedding singer as a teenager. "

" In New York especially, I always want to wear a nice overcoat to get through the winter: you can wear them so many times, and they make every outfit better. "

" Hip hop has the urgency and rebelliousness that early rock n' roll and punk had: a level of rule-breaking and flirtation with danger. It allows you to break the rules. "

" I'm trying to be me and embrace all the parts of me that have grown up, listened to more music and soaked up more influences. "

" Artists are, I think in general, compassionate people, and part of what makes us artists is that we're open-minded people, and I think we're almost, by definition, progressive in a lot of ways. "

" To have the chance to see your music be elevated and to have almost universally positive response to that music, makes me feel better every day. I feel more confident and inspired, and that's fun. "

" I like cool jackets - a nice fall or winter coat. You can get a lot of use out of it, and you'll wear it frequently, so it can really set the tone of your uniform for the season. "

" Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist. "

" There are autobiographical elements to the albums, and when I write, I always reference my own life as well as other things, so I'm just like any novelist or any fiction writer who tells stories. "

" I don't think it's an artist's responsibility to be political all the time. I think your first responsibility as an artist is to make music that people will listen to and enjoy. However, I think that when you are able to say something that is moving and put it in a great song, then that is even better. "

" Well, what's interesting, I try not to think about the radio when I'm writing a song. I want people to love the song, and that means it might not be exactly thinking about the radio, but it's thinking about your audience and saying, 'I want people to like this song after it's done.' "