David Geffen

I'm Billy the Kid, the fastest draw. It's not arrogance. It's the truth.

I intend to be me. Whatever that is.

Happy is harder than money. Anybody who thinks money will make you happy hasn't got money.

I thought I'd be a success even back in the mailroom at William Morris.

I believe we're all in denial about the people we love.

Anybody who thinks money will make you happy, hasn't got money.

I just needed a job. Before being hired as an usher at the CBS Theatre, I didn't even know there was a show business!

You have an idea of the way you think it is, and it's not that way at all, it's something else.

I'm not Sammy Glick. I've never killed anyone. I don't have to. I'm too talented.

I would say that Bob Dylan is as interested in money as any person I've known in my life. That's just the truth.

The opportunity for an entrepreneur to start a company from scratch today is abysmal.

To be able to live and work in the United States is a privilege.

It's very easy for me to thank everyone for the incredible contribution they've made to my life.

Move to California. Malibu is paradise.

My mother taught me to love my work. I learned everything about business from her.

I am truly my mother's son.

It's easy in music to tell what's good. It's hard to tell what's bad.

Steven Spielberg and I have tremendous amounts of money.

It's the perfect definition of a settlement. Both parties didn't get what they wanted.

In Hollywood people lie to each other and cheat each other and then go and play tennis. But I don't want to be a tennis player.

I never went to business school. I was just bumbling through a lot of my life. I was like the guy behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz.

HIV infection and AIDS is growing - but so too is public apathy. We have already lost too many friends and colleagues.

Broke is a Hollywood term!