And then, also, when you're doing something that doesn't sound like anything else on the radio at the time, you almost need to, like, ironclad it to make sure it gets through, you know?

Making music is a lifestyle; go to the studio and sit in front of your computer, drum machine or guitar for 10 hours a day. The good stuff will come.

I used to be a serious sneaker addict, but I've moved on a little bit from those days.

The cologne you pick should make you feel good when you go out with it. I think confidence comes across more than any other of our attributes.

I don't have a crazy rider clause saying I have to stay at fancy hotels. I don't have a problem with staying at a Marriott. But I will admit that I've gotten just basic, regular service there.

I had a somewhat frenetic childhood because my mum and dad split up when I was five, and then my mum remarried.

I didn't start making music in order to be famous.

My mother was pretty strict. I hated it, but maybe it made me a bit more sensible.

I never studied jazz technically; I just know and love the music.

I really love something about being around the recording studios - you know, like, those days in the '80s they'd be, like, in the studio 'til 4, 5, 6 in the morning working on these songs.

D'Angelo could sing the phonebook and it would sound good.

There's something wrong in not appreciating one's own special abilities, my girl. Find your own limitations, yes, but don't limit yourself with false modesty.

Well, I'm always working on my comic strip and trying to, you know, keep cranking that out.

Is it my business if somebody wants to burn a flag?...No, it's not...That's called logic and it'll help us all evolve.

I had some big ups and downs when I was in my 20s and the one thing I learned was, no matter how low it gets, something good will come along - something always comes out of that dark period.

Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.

Somewhere out there was a village I'd deprived of it's idiot.

I believe in the person I want to become.

I have less control over how I'm cast and the jobs that I get than people would imagine. Most of us don't have control over that, but I think it's a preponderance of your body of work.

The idea that certain things in life - and in the universe - don't yield up their secrets is something that requires a slightly more mature reader to accept.

We also had good software in the key categories and more focus on the gameplaying capability, so more of the marketing effort was targeted at game customers.