Marriage is sacred and protected and has nothing to do with violating our civil rights.

It's hard in today's society to have a discussion where you want to challenge the status quo because of the 'I gotcha' politics.

That's what representative democracy is about, is members going to Washington but coming home and answering the tough questions.

From a monarchy followed by suffering under Communism, Ethiopians must be given the opportunity to flourish under the greatest of systems - democracy.

From my second son Gustav, I bought one of his complaints for 200 kroner. He was complaining that he was a middle child - he wasn't the beloved first child, and he wasn't the cute little youngest child. So I said, can I use that same wording in a film? And he said yeah. So I bought it from him.

I recorded 'The End of All Things' right before I married my now wife. We had no vows publicly, so I wrote her this song and told her, 'This is how I see our relationship.'

If a person feels like 'They're not acknowledging me'... That's a very important feeling in life, even if it's not romantic.

Not many foreigners move to Paris for their dream job. Many do it on a romantic whim.