People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.

I believe that God knows what each of us wants and needs. It's not necessary for us to make it to church on Sunday to reach Him. You can find Him anyplace.

Hell hath no fury like a hustler with a literary agent.

You buy a Ferrari when you want to be somebody. You buy a Lamborghini when you are somebody.

It is Billie Holiday who was, and still remains, the greatest single musical influence on me.

I want to wake up in a city that never sleeps

What's [the Beatles'] I Am the Walrus all about?