My mother was a housewife. My father was a garment worker.

Above all, in order to gain respect, you need to be true to yourself. There is no point in trying to be brutal if it's not in your nature; there is no point in trying to be suave and sophisticated if it doesn't come naturally.

I'm a commercial person, not an academic.

If you lock me in the room with a piano teacher for a year I might be able to knock out a rendition of 'Roll Out The Barrel,' but will I ever be a concert pianist? No.

Among some of the youngsters, I think reality TV has installed that culture into them and inspired a few of them into wanting to be 'TV celebrities.

In America, everybody thinks they're an entrepreneur. That's the problem. It's not a title that anybody should call oneself.

I know you're Belgian, that's where those waffles come from.