While not a musician, my father was a music agent for years before becoming pop culture icon Famous Amos.

Just as many people flee Hollywood as those who flock to it. Hollywood can be an acquired taste.

When Woodstock ended on Monday morning, over 600 acres of garbage was left behind on Max Yasgur's farm. It took over 400 volunteers and $100,000 to remove it all.

Of course, screwed up families are not the exclusive province of the famous. Still, most families get to screw up in private.

Musicians burn through more cash than the Federal Reserve.

Fresh content doesn't exist to game the SEO system. It's the words, images, and stories that truly engage us, make us want to share with others, and creates a bond between us and a brand.

A few performances have been left out of the various Woodstock soundtracks and film edits over the years, most notably The Grateful Dead.

In the '60s, my father, Wally Amos, had been a talent agent and a personal manager before taking a major career detour in 1975, when he opened a store selling chocolate chip cookies.

We are more than the work we perform. In fact, I'd say that our work is a mere representation of who we are underneath.

My father's very public life as Famous Amos was the opposite of that of his ex-wife, my mother Shirley, who was fighting a very private, solitary battle with mental illness.

The Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie was an unexpected, unplanned pop culture phenomena. My father went from star-maker to star.

From all that I saw, and everywhere I wandered, I learned that time cannot be spent, It only can be squandered.

One of Obama’s greatest failures will be his legacy of making millions completely dependent on government handouts, not work....So sad.

Instead of loving your enemies treat your friends a little better.

Expressions of affection, like putting your arm around someone's shoulder, holding hands, or giving a kiss good night, involve the principle of honesty.

America focuses on being very intelligent because that's how you make more money.

I don't feel like the real, transcendental sound experiences I've had in my life have anything to do with intellect.

The reason we should do a carbon tax is because it's the right thing to do. It's economics 101, elementary stuff.

Don't fear god, Don't worry about death; What is good is easy to get, and What is terrible is easy to endure

That is what war is and dancing it is forward and back, when one is out walking one wants not to go back the way they came but in dancing and in war it is forward and back.

I sometimes want to make a book of every tattoo I wanted to get before I actually got a tattoo, because there were so many awful ideas and concepts.