She [Beyonce]is probably the closest thing we've seen to Michael Jackson as far as having that determination and drive that I've ever seen.

Anytime a person has Disney World in their backyard, you know they're thinking big.

I did like seven songs on Michael Jackson's Invincible album, but I might have done 60 songs to get to those seven. You don't know what's going to happen.

That's common in our industry, where some songs make the cut, some don't. It's bad when it doesn't make the cut and you don't get in on the project.

It's not a normal recording shift where you do a song and you get a day to tweak it and the third day you mix it. It's like double the work in the period of time it would take to do one.

Beyonce gave us direction, and she had like four or five studios going at one time, but then she only sings what she likes. "Back Up" was one of those records.

It's just kind of, we do a lot of songs when it's an artist of that magnitude, like Beyoncé. You're not sending her one song; you're sending her 20 ideas.

Beyonce is more mature, she's her own woman. She always had it in her.

Sacred space in whichTo distil, like amber, The best of your love.

As sensory experience junkies, we have been blinded to the majesty in the common.

You're not beautiful, you're breathtaking.

There are no rules when it comes to survival

Ruby's was where I'd long picked up delicious bits and pieces of small-town troubles, and of course, Ramona Jean was my very best source.

I've dated the sweet mama's boy, the musician rocker, the struggling artist - basically a lot of people without jobs.

Friends come and go but 200lbs is always 200lbs.

Especially now when views are becoming more polarized, we must work to understand each other across political, religious and national boundaries.

What I want to know is this: Are the stars gold paper or is the gold paper stars?

I see the Past, Present & Future existing all at once Before me.