When I was 16 I'd watch 'The Godfather,' but I didn't think, 'Right, I'm going to go down the barber's and get some protection money off him.'

I'm a happy-go-lucky character. I'm not that miserable. But I can never let anyone into my world.

We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world.

We need each other, We believe in one another, And I know we're gonna uncover, What's sleepin' in our soul...

I'm embarrassed when I see Brits abroad; they have their tops off, wear flip flops, and shout at the top of their voices.

If everyone in the music business were brutally honest about what their intentions were then you could sort things out, but it's all smoke and mirrors.

You gotta say what you say, Don't let anybody get in your way...

In business, you can have one massive success that earns $50 million overnight, and that's it. You're successful. End of story. But in the music business, you have to keep on doing it.

You can't be a mod and a rocker. You have to choose sides.

Those who don't say what they mean will live and die by their own sword.

You've just got to trust your instincts and realize that you can't please all the people all the time. You've got to please yourself ultimately in the end.

Tell people how it is, be real and be honest.If you see something wrong make sure you speak up.Being this way will naturally eliminate the snakes and fakes.

The security officer smiled and said, ‘Good afternoon, ma’am, ’ to me before Igave him ID.”“It’s a sick world, Eve.” He resisted taking her hand for another squeeze. “A sick, sad world.

In business, complexity both drives innovation and hinders it.

The downtrodden who are the great creators of slang hurl pithiness and colour at poverty and oppression.

Modernity exists in the form of a desire to wipe out whatever came earlier, in the hope of reaching at least a point that could be called a true present, a point of origin that marks a new departure.

You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.

Life is too short to not have fun; we are only here for a short time compared to the sun and the moon and all that.

If everyone could understand the working of a psychopath's mind, we undoubtedly would be closer to insanity ourselves.

Look to the living, love them, and hold on.

Even though Prince wasn't rapping and it was a whole different era, it shows how artists expressed themselves without saying too much, and that was the real beauty of the art.