Understand where it is you want to go. Then picture yourself there. If you can picture yourself there, then you can be there. Bottom line.

I have never been prouder to be a lifelong New Yorker than I am today with the passage of marriage equality.

It's that anonymous person who meanders through the streets and feels what's happening there, feels the pulse of the people, who's able to create.

I learned jazz; that comes from blues. I learned rock; that comes from blues. I learned pop; that comes from blues. Even dance, that comes from blues, with the answer-and-response.

Mix sheer hypocrisy with mediocrity, You play it safe every time.

Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across. If you get too serious, you could die of starch.

I'm in the business where you get the business all the time.