I am not a piece of hash. I'm in charge of Factory Records. I think.

I am not a piece of hash. I'm in charge of Factory Records. I think.

Every band needs it's own special chemistry. And Bez was a very good chemist.

Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.

Energy, energy? Energy is, is, it's nothing more than a lot of new age hokum masquerading as religion.

I'm a minor player in my own life story.

We didn't have money for toys, so I made my own.

My parents come down to Los Angeles a lot.

I haven't learned anything new on guitar since high school. And I think it's time to learn something.

The South: What is this place? What's different about it? Is it different anymore? Good questions. Old ones, too. People have been asking them for decades. Some of us even make our living by asking them, but we still don't agree about the answers.

The creative tension with spirituality vs. practicality in the world of politics is a vital conversation.

My love of performing goes way back. My mom got me on 'Romper Room' when I was five - it was my favorite show. But they couldn't control me. I would run up and smack the camera, and I'd jump around and do my little flips and routines. I wish I could get that tape now.

Art is not what you see but what you make others see.

If you are afraid of failure you don't deserve to be successful!

It does not matter what film you're making. If you're young and there's romance in the movie, it's compared to 'Twilight'.

I could have carried on in comedy. But my life was dark.

I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice.

So I work hard to present the human side of my characters while not neglecting the plot.

Usually I'm too tired to apologize.

It is important to express oneself... provided the feelings are real and are taken from your own experience.

Supporting the entrepreneurial spirit is our best chance for economic progress.

God's forgiveness is the only thing. And, well, I take full responsibility for the adultery. It was my fault and, you know, no matter what went on, the man has to take responsibility; and I do.

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.

Whether we remain the ash or become the Phoenix is up to us.

And that's why any of my picture books exist: They all seem to be built backwards from a simple, emotionally optimistic story beat.

He is noble who both feels and acts nobly.

My mother always thought if her mother hadn't left her, she would have been happy. All the problems she had never would have happened.

I don't expect to be coddled, but I'm also a human being.

We have repeatedly issued warnings, over a number of years. Following these warnings and these calls, anti-American explosions took place in a number of Islamic countries.

It seems like the more you grow up the more you fear things.