I’m sure back in the Greek days or the Roman Empire days, when guys fought in arenas and were fighting lions, people were talking smack. Every era in history has someone talking smack. No way you can have talent and not proclaim your victory.

[on her idol, Peggy Lee] I became a complete junkie for her . . . She represents an era that is leaving us, one where vocals were king.

In the time of war, everyone was basically trying to live and manage the best they could. But you also had another period which was not a hard time at all – it was just a beautiful time. I lived in both eras. I got to fully experience and appreciate both the tragedy of Somalia and the beauty of it.

Warner Studios official in the era of silent movies: Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?

We talking about revolution because that’s the era that you’re caught in.

We live in an era of social media. We care more about looks, popularity and followers than about real music. And I wanted to get away from that.

The era of gentleman racing drivers is ended.

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.

I am nostalgic of an era I never knew.

I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else’s talent. I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era.