If you see somebody running down the street naked every single day, you stop looking up.

I keep all my poems in my journals and lock them away. They are the start of everything.

You are the only one who can create an incredible world around you, or destroy yourself.

I get nervous every time, for every single performance, before getting up on that stage.

Man, I didn't think I stood a chance. I mean, she was way out of my league.she still is.

The older you get, the more you realize it's not what happens, but how you deal with it.

Whenever I drink champagne I either laugh or cry...I get so emotional! I love champagne.

I don't want to act just to be on the screen doing anything and looking any kind of way.

I met Big Pun when I was a young boy. I think that he really gravitated to my innocence.

It's exciting to consider how art, in its ability to reveal, can be ahead of the artist.

I used to only worry about the #1's and all of the awards. But that was a long time ago.

I really love acting, but I also really want to be a historian, so its really confusing.

I like singing live. I'm actually very confident and I want to give the best to my fans.

For most Americans, my Chinese music feels like a novelty and it's not what it is for me.

I'm not ashamed of my spiritual beliefs, but I in no way incorporate them into this band.

When I'm singing, I'm happy. I'm doing what I can do and this is my contribution to life.

I wish to please the people, but I want to make them cry, perhaps. There, I have said it.

There is no disgrace in working. There was no silver spoon around at the time I was born.

Never judge any person by his answers or questions but by his nature of character solely.

I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.

I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films.

I like Nirvana, but I couldn't say that I was influenced by them. I like to tell a story.

An enlightened citizen is an indispensable ingredient of the infrastructure of democracy.

There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up.

No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.

[Louis Armstrong] was the only musician who ever lived, who can't be replaced by someone.

I don`t sing anywhere as good as I used to, and I feel sincerely that it`s getting worse.

I wanted to give people a taste of my own music through the sound and style of my covers.

I probably have the crappiest tattoo -- not only in country music -- but maybe the world.

So if you are the big tree, we are the small axe. Ready to cut you down, to cut you down.

As far as show business, it's the gratification of doing something that pleases the fans.

I think everybody has somebody for them, and they're out there waiting for you somewhere.

We want to be big... we want to be a big band, but we don't want to be your best friends.

I very rarely play the piano at home. Deliberately, so that when I do play it, I love it.

It's not a very high failure rate if you choose people that you really like the sound of.

If there's any answer, maybe love can end the madness Maybe not, oh, but we can only try.

There are so many different ways to say "I love you" and to talk about love in the songs.

I always wanted to grow up fast. I longed for more than the Mississippi Delta could give.

I am the girl who everyone said was never going anywhere. I guess I shocked a few people.

Unless you're willing to look a little foolish, forget the possibility of becoming great.

I am Ecuadorian but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny, blue-eyed white girl.

It's amazing how a truly great songwriter can touch anyone in the world with their words.

It's my biggest advantage with girls - I'm going to try to keep my accent as much as can.

I wrote my first song when I was about eight. It was about putting a diaper on a chicken!

The music that I play and that I like is traditional music, maybe it's because of my age.

The only person to look out for me is me. I've got to make sure Corey Clark is all right.

I've always loved glasses. Always have. I've worn glasses since I was in the fifth grade.

Most blues don't have a beginning, middle, or end. You just cut a couple slices of blues.

I grew up going to church three times a week in my family. It's been a center of my life.

My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy.

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