Most modern stuff I hear kinda sucks, someone should turn me onto something good, fast!

I am on sabbatical as of right now, been too busy to think of about my OWN needs as of late.

Most modern stuff I hear kinda sucks, someone should turn me onto something good, fast!

In postscript let's just say that I am very fortunate cause I've gotten to work with a lot of great bands!

All I know is that when I mix to digital and when I mix to tape I compare them and the tape always wins out.

Next time we need to be on drugs and have lots of suffering and alcohol abuse going on while recording, I'm kinda picturing a Jerry Lee Lewis session from the mid Seventies.

Hey bands, you're all welcome to fly me to some exotic location and I'll record you there, Y'know that right? You don't have to come to this God forsaken place. Hope I can visit you all in Australia one of these days that would be hot! We'll talk again soon.

I can write music but I'm not much for words.

I'm delighted to be Number 1, but next week I don't want people to buy my record, I want them to buy Band Aid.

I have this complex. I don't like too much exposure. I don't know why it is. Maybe it's bred in me, because my dad always told me to be humble and don't think you're too good.

I definitely come down on the spiritual side. I think very few things in life happen by chance.

In the entirety of my life, I have never had an eating disorder.

In general, I prefer to record all traumas and save them for later, playing them over and over so they can haunt me for a disproportionate number of weeks to come. It's very healthy.

It is not position but contribution that makes a leader.

Avocados have a creamy texture, making them a healthier replacement for ingredients like butter and mayo in recipes, though they do contain a surprisingly large amount of fat - a whopping 30 grams per medium-sized avocado.

Sometimes I write captions on the in-flight magazines and then replace them in the seat pocket.

Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.

Those who do not think outside the box are easily contained.

No matter how well a person writes, a successful book is a team effort involving many, many people.

I don't really get hate mail, which surprises me, but people have better things to do than to write hate mail to somebody who writes a book about hating everything, I guess.

In fashion, there are so many gangs, if you identify too much with one, you get caught - I would lose my freedom.

There is nothing more attractive than a great positive personality. Its beauty never fades away with time.

On my first day shooting '13 Going on 30,' Jennifer Garner had yellow tulips sent to my trailer. I'll never forget them.

I spent eight years living without heat and hot water.

If you keep on buying things made by child slaves in such conditions, you are equally responsible for the perpetration of slavery.

We don't care. We don't have to. We're the phone company.

One of my favorite movies of all time is 'It's A Wonderful Life,' which is a pretty interesting choice for a seasonal Christmas favorite, because it's about a guy who wants to commit suicide and is presented with reasons not to.

One of my big regrets is that Facebook hasn't had a major chance to shape the mobile operating system ecosystem.

I still give myself the right to be highly critical of others, though.

It definitely wasn't like, 'Hey, I'm going to steal that, and nobody's going to know.' The original 'T.R.O.Y.' came out in 1992, and it was like a 20th anniversary kind of thing. All of those intentions were there for it to be resurrecting a classic for a new generation. I tried to honor it.

In the hierarchy of instruments, if you're a harpist, you're considered someone with a brain much more than if you're a singer.

Isaac Singer always wrote in Yiddish. He was so unsure of his English at the beginning that he was easy to edit and he learned fast.

On the Agriculture Committee, I will be an ardent and strong champion for our farmers to ensure that they are treated fairly, particularly in regards to how their products are priced.