More than a pleasant surprise, Danny Schmidt was no less than a revelation to me. And that's not a word I use lightly.

You have to understand that the bass guitar is the party instrument. It only has four strings. If you see a bass player playing five strings, take your shoe off and throw it at him.

I'm usually the yes guy, and I had to turn into a no guy.

I'm flying everywhere in my private jet.

My vibe was to just move forward at a really cool pace.

My idea was to release four four-song EPs, just like all the old Limey shoegaze bands used to do.

They were probably scared of him and so they did what boys do around any object of fear: they went up close, pointed a finger, gave it a nickname, and masked their terror with roaring laughter.

In a city like Paris where there was a way of living well and working, no matter how poor you were, was like having a great treasure given to you.

Perfection seems sterile; It is final, no mystery in it; It's a product of an assembly line.

The guy who trains the hardest, the most, wins.

I would instill in my team an attitude of role modeling. We run to teach other people the value of physical activity. In all things, be humble and appreciative; hurt no one; help anyone you can.

Remember that you must always have a deep regard for courtesy, and you must be respectful and obedient toward your seniors.

Protein has been intensely over-represented on the plate. Now, the garden should be the main drag for main courses.

I learned from Francis Ford Coppola to treat the company like your family.

One of the exhilarating parts of falling in love is discovering new things about one another, and seeing the world from a different point of view.

To the ACLU, the First Amendment speaks more directly to freedom from religion than it does to freedom of religion.