I look at him [son Eric] and I think of my dad all the time.... I was born to be a dad.

If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.

The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.

My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't.

Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise.

I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand...

I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it.

That was extraordinary. Unfortunately, extraordinarily bad.

I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.

Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.

The best way to kill someone is from the inside, by crushing their hopes and dreams.

She doesn't understand that a writer is a special creature--that I'm different from everyone else. I'm not saying I'm superior to other people, just more sensitive, I guess.

It is impossible to convince the fool that there are pleasures superior to those we share with the rest of the animals.

Nobody ever feels they’re doing well with teenagers, ' he said. 'I think that’s kind of the point of them.

Twitter has to be about art. It can't be about banal things. Banal things and art are two different worlds.

The most exciting business ideas fit on the back of an airplane napkin.

The name of Khomeini will always remain in the new chapter of Iranian history.

It's when you are trying to make something that is "authentic" as opposed to real - people who appreciate music for the wrong reasons tend to compartmentalize stuff.

Crossing too many t's and dotting too many i's makes a room look overdone and tiresome. One should create something that fires the imagination without overemphasis.

Grass is hard and lumpy and damp, and full of dreadful black insects.

You mustn’t be so open-minded that your brains fall out.