Sometimes we be playing the politics too much and forget who we are just to win.

One of the most telling things about a person is how they say hello, handshakes.

You are like a hurricane, there's calm in your eyes, and I'm getting blown away.

Now I'm livin' out here on the beach, but those seagulls are still out of reach.

I look at radio as gone … Piracy is the new radio, that’s how music gets around.

Don't feel like Satan, but I am to them. And I try to forgive them anyway I can.

This old world keeps spinnin’ round; It’s a wonder tall trees ain’t layin’ down.

I actually dream a lot of songs, and I try to be good about voice-memoing ideas.

All I'm trying to do is make music that people like and that makes people happy.

Rock n' roll really belongs to all America. It really doesn't belong to one city.

In my career the push has always been to take another step, to try something new.

Brooklyn is a hub; people move to Brooklyn because of what's already in Brooklyn.

The first Latin music that blew my mind was bumba, which was a Puerto Rican beat.

There's a real gun culture in the U.K., for those who don't know. It's very real.

Are you suggesting that we reopen the Opera with a murder as an added attraction?

Right here, right now, God has placed you to do what you do best. Go all the way.

There is something in every season, in every day, to celebrate with thanksgiving.

I tend to think of all the songs the same - I give them all kind of equal rights.

I feel that I'm very blessed. But with great blessings come great responsibility.

People don't stand up and protect their dreams because they get spoofed in a way.

I want to be remembered for making great music and doing great things for people.

She [Kim Kardashian] was always my muse, now she's become other designers' muses.

Let's just say I haven't been keeping up the Gary Barlow persona; I've let loose.

Being sued by your own record company, that's even better than receiving a Grammy

Once I started singing, I realized it was a language I'd forgotten I could speak.

I'm very aware of what, say, electric guitar recordings in the '60s sounded like.

The first Vampire Weekend record was the first full-length album that I produced.

Religion deals in certainties and philosophy deals more in un-answered questions.

I used to think success would be sustainability. Not being behind the eight ball.

I had to have the record literally taken away from me. I am such a perfectionist.

London is a vast, complex city designed by the same guy who created the Habitrail.

It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.

I'm a horribly chronic 'get half way through the book and start a new one' person.

I will always be a proud defender of the Jewish people and of the State of Israel.

I'm a fan of the 'Underworld' films, but I don't necessarily consider them horror.

The things that matter the most in this world, they can never be held in our hand.

Revolve your world around the customer and more customers will revolve around you.

I like metal because it's complicated, technical, brutal and I like the challenge.

Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?

I can analyze people's intentions. Immediately.That's just a warning. To everyone.

I thought my Jesus Piece was so harmless 'Till I see a picture of a shorty armless

My favorite record label of all time is Motown. That era of music was my favorite.

My doorman is more important to me than any head of any company. He keeps us safe.

I'm very open, I love music and I love people so you need to know what's going on.

If love found me it can surely find you. I ain't even got one sad tear left in me.

If I could go back in time and see any band, It would be Link Wray and the Raymen.

I can get away with saying a lot of ideas that are young and naive. I'm liberated.

I always try to get behind the guy steering the ship. That's the kind of guy I am.

The main reason nerds are unpopular is that they have other things to think about.

To be up on stage and interacting with musicians, that was a huge epiphany for me.

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