You never want to look like an old fart doing young rap music.

I feel like if I'm not going to change the game or do something innovative, then I'm not motivated.

I don't think you should ever give up on trying to push the bar a little bit higher.

You can't hate somebody for the rest of their lives over one mistake.

Nowadays you can't tell, watch the crotch, it may swell.

The motivation sometimes comes when you least expect it. I try to keep an open mind.

The key to success is to be easy to work with.

I still want to be an architect and score films and do other things. I always said as long as I've still got teeth and hair and I look cool when I look in the mirror, then I'll do it.

I look down and see little kids in the audience and I'm like, "Oh man, I hope I'm not poisoning these kids!"

Jealousy is projected self-pity.

It could have been so beautiful.The way I learned and got free and swore to never love another person ever againand it could have been so beautiful, the way I actually did.

You're dead, son. Cheer is contraindicated.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

I always feel like when I've listened to a great song I know it, 'cuz it's the only time I'll ever get goosebumps or something like that.

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant.

I'm very privileged to be the celebrity I am.

Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.

The other big lesson from Katrina is that it pays to be prepared. But it's also very difficult to stay prepared because the longer you go between events the more you'll see complacency.

They died for me,” I say. That feels important