It's been my fate to compensate for the childhood I've never known.

If you can't feed your baby, then don't have a baby.

James Brown, Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Berry and Little Richard - I think they had strong influences on a lot of people, because these were the guys who really got rock'n'roll going. I like to start with the origin of things, because once it gets along it changes. It's so interesting to see how it really was in the beginning.

I deserve a fair trial, like every other American citizen. A large amount of ugly, malicious misinformation has been released to the media about me.

You can always dream, and your dreams can come true. But you have to make them come true

[about tabloid magazines] Just because you read it in a magazine or see it on a TV screen doesn't make it factual. To buy it is to feed it.

I love trees I have this thing for trees and the colors & changing of leaves. I love it I respect these kinds of things.