I don't think of myself as doing good works. It's not, 'Oh, I must give these poor people a voice.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've tried to let the work I do speak.
I've done some good work and some not-good work.
It's my job to try and be as good a person as I can, and that's enough work for me.
I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults which hard work would take care of.
Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.
You don't learn from good people - they've found what works for them and are completely original; you learn from the people who are bad. You think: 'Oh dear, I'm not going to do that.'
If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
When I write stuff and I help cast it, I turn away good people all the time. I may turn them down because this one's too tall and that one doesn't have a high enough voice or this one looks to old to match up with that one - there's a billion reasons not to hire somebody.
I know there are a lot of people out there who have the best intentions but not the voice, so it's about people like me to give them a voice and hear their ideas.
I encourage people to find and use the power of their voices just as much when I do not agree with those voices as when I do agree with them.