You have to be really loyal to the people that supported you when you were coming up.

I'm perceived to be this solitary character, but nothing could be further from the truth.

Nothing is real if you don't believe in who you are!

When you're on top and you lead the parade, everyone's there throwing lilies and lilac water on your head. But when those parades have gone by and there's a storm in your heart, there are very few people that are going to sit there and listen to you bemoan life.

We do two things in life: We race the clock and everything is a struggle. One way or not, it's a metaphorical battle all of the time.

I know I'm incredibly unpredictable, and that's the only thing I'm sure of.

I was on cruise control from '85 to '95, and it was my fault. There were a lot of self-inflicted wounds, when I was not doing any original material. I wasn't directing. I wasn't writing. That's not who I am.