You don't wanna go eggin' him on. It'll never be my chair that your on, crown so tight that it cuts off circulation to the brain no oxygen. Other words there's no heir to the throne.

The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.

I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.

Had a dream, I was King, I woke up, still King

Love is just a word, but you bring it definition.

Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They're only powerful when you got your back turned.

I shoot for the moon but I'm too busy gazing the stars.

You don't get another chance, life is no Nintendo game.

When I say or do something I do it, I don't give a damn what you think, I'm doing this for me.

Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them.

Just be yourself, the minute you start being yourself youre gonna win.

However long you have a cat and however plainly he lays his life open before you, there is always something hidden, some name he goes by in a place you never heard of.

People come with expectations and as a bandleader I constantly try to remind the audience to leave its expectations in the lobby.

She really does like him, she likes lying next to him, she wants to be around him; when you get down to it, can you say that about many people?

Our vanity desires that what we do best should be considered what is hardest for us.

I know that the Bible has been a central influence in [Elie Wiesel and Frank Moore Cross] lives - but in a very different way. In truth, you inhabit very different Biblical worlds.

We ought to be respecting the principle of equality.

When American producers see my film, they think that I had a big budget to do it, like 23 million. But in fact I had 10 percent of that budget. I did Mars et Avril for only 2.3 million.

The book that I shall make people read is the book of the heart, which holds the key to the mystery of life

Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?

As you get older you realise that nothing lasts forever. It's not depressing, but it does make moments more intense.