I think what I've learned out of this lifetime is you should be proud of where you come from.

It's not that I'm Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes now, but I've got my priorities in order.

I am happy to make money. I want to make more money, make more music, eat Big Macs and drink Budweisers.

I didn't come from a trailer park. I grew up middle class and my dad had money and my mom made my lunch. I got a car when I was sixteen. I'm proud of that.

They believed you can't mix rock, country, and rap, and that crossover is dead. I always knew it would work. And it will always work as long as you're really into it and like what you're doing.

I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut on politics.

If I was president of the good old U.S.A., I'd turn the churches into strip clubs and watch the whole world pray.

I could care less about what people think. I'm a Devil Without A Cause.

You get what you put in and people get what they deserve.

I was the little white kid who rocked the turntables

Whatever your craft is, be a master of it. Being half assed at something, people will eventually see through.

Where you read a book and when and with whom can make a big difference.

Now to tell ya about our fellow inmates. Pay attention because there are a bunch of us an’ we each have a story.

Go is the first part of the word Gospel.It should be the watchword of every true follower of Christ.It should be emblazoned on the banners of the church.

You are always new, the last of your kisses was ever the sweetest.

I probably worked every single entertainment medium, including some that don't exist. I worked the circus, carnival, I had my own medicine show, I worked 18 years of radio.

We don't really learn anything properly until there is a problem, until we are in pain, until something fails to go as we had hoped ... We suffer, therefore we think.

Most people abuse power. They use power to dominate others. They use power to destroy others. Ultimately when you do this, you lose it.

Women have never been as interesting as they are now. Not at any time on this planet have women been so educated, so interesting, so capable.

So my degree was in political science, which I think was - the closest I could come to marketing is politics.

Artists should always think of themselves as cosmic instruments for storytelling.