You must have a reason to be in the places to which you go, and you must do only things that you really care about.

I was going to buy a copy of The Power of Positive Thinking, and then I thought: What the hell good would that do?

Listen not to the words that have been spoken, but bend your ears to what has not been said.

I felt as though the vessel if my suffering had become empty, as if nothing could interest me now. I had lost even the ability to suffer.

I was meant to play the bad guy, for always and ever.

Friends are really important, especially when you've had the successes that I've had. I've gone really far in my career, so they're the ones that keep you humble, keep your feet on the ground.

Kids know me from their Grease DVD, so they instantly respond. You can hear a pin drop when I do my old songs.

Should not the Society of Indexers be known as Indexers, Society of, The?

New Yorkers are so impersonal, if it wasn't for muggings there wouldn't be any contact at all!

I write to find out what I think.

Before anything can break your heart, it must first own your heart. Stop handing your heart to dunya-it'll stop breaking it.