Never underestimate the power of being popular in pop culture. You have to be able to do something. You can have a good seat at the restaurant, but you still have to pay for the meal. Fame is important, but to be rich is more important.

By and large, Americans close their ears to anything not in English. That's stupid because there's some great music around the world that we should be listening to.

It's better to be an octopus than a fish. If an octopus loses a tentacle to a predator, the octopus will survive with seven tentacles left for itself.

People who are the salt of the earth get up and go to a job that they hate.

When you're busy doing your own stuff it's like running a race. You try not to look over your shoulder to see who else is in the race, you do the best you can.

I think it's pathetic that women and men treat each other worse than we treat our pets. It's love or hate.

It's too easy to do a patriotic-themed show to crawl into people's hearts and minds.