I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.

We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.

I won't be righteous again. I'm not sure anymore.

The biggest regret? This may be one of those years I have no regrets.

I would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come this far. I took the good times, I'll take the bad times, I'll take you just the way you are.

In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.

You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can't wait.