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A lot of me figuring out how to love myself more involves finding the things that I'm ashamed of and looking them right in the eye.
I was never in the business of trying to put my name out there - I was really focused on music and records and being in the studio.
Parking's expensive, so I walk or ride my bike, which is good because my girlfriend's getting her PhD as an environmental engineer.
As a music listener, I'm becoming more and more ADD - like, "Eh, I'm bored with this". So who knows how long I'll be playing music.
I remember wishing there was snow in L.A. And how jealous we used to get of those Christmas specials with kids playing in the snow.
I don't cook gumbo, but I just know it's a lot of good ingredients in it. And, with a movie, you got to have all those ingredients.
People are still tied to their hoods, and it's usually not the artist, it's usually the friends and instigators who get it popping.
Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.
It's a big theme in my life, learning about myself and being a better person. I'm a work in progress; I have revelations every day.
I think the biggest misconception about me probably is ... I don't prey on the weak. I ain't a bully, but I ain't no saint, either.
I got fed up with the idea of partnering with labels on a major scale because of how they have to deliver things. They get gun-shy.
When I sit down to make music, I try to enter a flow; I always open a blank session and just make something that I feel like making.
Only after a piece of music is done does my frontal cortex allow me to organize what might be trying to come out of my subconscious.
I don't like tracking and over dubbing and all that. I love live recording where everybody is playing. I, I'm convinced it's better.
You learn that Hollywood has its own rules, sometimes. And it's tricky, and sometimes you can't see what's coming around the corner.
We need to educate Americans about the real harms of marijuana if we want to sustain the gains we've made over the past three years.
I'm serious; I don't, I don't rap. I flow; I'm a flow-er. You've got rappers, you got MCs, and then you got flow-ers, I'm a flow-er.
The climate in the '50s and '60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious.
I always felt like I could combine good pop songs that are easy for people to like with a real person and a real mind and integrity.
People aren't really honest with themselves about anything. That's one of the reasons why we ended up with Trump in the White House.
Johnny was an athlete who didn't play sport. His first love was baseball, but he didn't think he had it in him to be a professional.
I knew from a very, very early age that I was gay, although in the social environment in Venezuela, you don't ever let that be known.
I try not to become friends with musicians, but life happens and dinner happens and going out happens - it becomes interwoven in L.A.
My thing is, I know kids cuss, they do their thing, but I tell my kids, 'Don't do it in earshot of any adults, or you're in trouble.'
While the Beatles always had George Martin around to clean up their act, the Rolling Stones had Andrew Loog Oldham to coarsen theirs.
The way I figured it, keeping quiet was safe. Words could betray you if you choose the wrong ones, or mean less if you used too many.
Engineering and mixing are absolutely key. Once a song is done, for me personally, it's usually two or three days to get the mix down.
What happened was that the doctor told me that I'd ruptured my kidney from being too busy and being stressed out and not eating right.
Research shows that parents are the single biggest influence on children - if you are worried about your teen and drugs, talk to them.
I hated having to go out on the block and scramble - that's the worst job in the world, especially if you ain't making any real money.
When I was in the studio with Madonna, we would work 12-hour days. If you want to work with the best, then that's what you have to do.
People think plus-size models don’t exercise – we do! But it’s about health, not forcing my body to be something it’s not meant to be.
If I gravitate toward someone, I bridge the gap between us somehow, and I accidentally maybe start seeing the world through their eyes.
I made the record, and I sent it over to Jay Brown, who was working on Rihanna's album. He was like, "Send me that record for Rihanna."
Watching artists like Joplin perform, I felt that tingle down my spine; I experienced the wonders of a cultural and musical revolution.
I love the new technology. New things give you a reason to want to go to the studio. New challenges mean you have to keep up, you know?
Too many of these writers in the music papers, they are misunderstanding everything. The disco sound is not art or anything so serious.
I had an idea for a technologically advanced luxury watch. I got involved in digital art and neon painting and put on shows of my work.
I'm an owl; I'm up. I probably go to sleep during the time when most people wake up. The first half of the day, you might not catch me.
If I got a flight to catch and I just bought a half o-z, I'll smoke it all - I can't get weed on a plane, 'cause I've been red-flagged.
Brooklyn just got that energy to me that's so hip-hop and so New York City. You know, New York City is the grittiest city in the world.
The Ramones are an original rock and roll group of 1975, and their songs are brief, to the point, and every one a potential hit single.
I guess all of us have a little bit of both masculinity and femininity, and bridging the gap between those two things is really fertile.
I wish and pray there are a lot of young people with technology and way of thinking that can create a brand new kind of musical theatre.
I had no idea what awaited me when I took a job with CBS Records, and it was a total surprise to find I had a gift and an ear for music.
I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I'm looking forward to the future and I'm proud about the past.
To be a role model is not something you choose, it is chosen for you and once it is you must accept the responsibility bestowed upon you
People tell me they idolise me, want to be like me, but I tell them, 'trust me, you don't want my life.' I've been a very tortured soul.
I think that girls are always expected to have opinions about each other, and maybe I don't have an opinion about some things, you know?
Most of the people who are given these Rock'n'roll Hall of Fame things sell millions of records, so it's kind of like a trophy for them.