There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry toward religious beliefs... begins.

I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.

If you enjoy the fragrance of a rose, you must accept the thorns which it bears.

I always keep my head down, working, doing things, moving forward. That's what I've done all my life. Then you stop and realize what you've done.

I don't sit back and count up what I've done. There's just always something else to do. There's always a challenge ahead.

I love soul. But I love a tune that has some meat in it. Something I could hang my hat on. Because music is universal.

Know the business, learn the business, own something.

Don't slip into the traps, and don't forget about your 'hood, the kids in the 'hood. Remember, you're disposable, so take advantage while you can.

Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured.

Self-expression is always a right, but its still not there to be abused.

When my agent told me he had a voice-over job I thought it was a Disney thing.

Her majesty is one verb short of a sentence.

What if you weren't the person I hoped you were?That, more than anything, would have hurt the most.

Any object, intensely regarded, may be a gate of access to the incorruptible eon of the gods.

If the best man's faults were written on his forehead it would make him pull his hat over his eyes.

The poor man's price of admittance to the favor of the rich is his self-respect.

If I write songs and I think they sound good, then that's it. That's what I do. I'm not a technical musician, which is fine for rock and roll.

That in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the ancient trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred.

We also know how cruel the truth often is, and we wonder whether delusion is not more consoling.

It's good to kind of get away from the star treatment.

I write in bed, too. I find it very comforting. I want to sort of, like, crawl in a fetal position if I have to.