The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships.

Pete Dj Jones was the first person that I saw with 2 turntables. This was 1972.

My first jam was at Hotel Diplomat opening for Hollywood.

Hip Hop is thee dominant youth culture in the world right now.

When I was 13 I had a fake Id that said that I was 19. I was getting in all the clubs.

I was signed when I was 19 years old, in 1980. I went to Germany and France. Seeing the world at that time was just an awesome experience for a teenager.

I started DJing, breakdancing and MCing in the '70s and I got my record deal in 1979 with 'Christmas Rap.'

The dude in red's back at the pole, Up North where everything is cold. But if he were right here tonight, He'd say 'Merry Christmas! And to all, a good night!'

That's the job of the entertainer, to entertain, not to motivate or inspire people to get violent!

Yeah when I was 7 or 8 my moms would have little parties, and I would play the music.

The music business is really a spiritual business whether we know it or not.

He might not be here, but the day he misses an opportunity to party is the day Jocelyn Wildenstein is considered the paragon of beauty.

I'm a pessimist, but I have many painstakingly applied coats of optimism.

Taste has never been corrupted by simplicity.

Basically, when I'm writing something, I think about what is the subject of the piece. The subject of the piece is our fear of getting old, which is a variation on our fear of dying.

It's great to have a private jet. Anyone that tells you that having your own private jet isn't great is lying to you.

One of the things I love most about acting, that I get to do research and read books, but it's just for me and I don't have to write about it.

My biggest fear in life is fear.

The tired ox treads with a firmer step.

The Republican Party of 2005 bears no resemblance to the Republican Party of 1994.

I have sounded the very base-string of humility.