One of the things I teach my children is that I have always invested in myself, and I have never stopped learning, never stopped growing.
You can grow up with literally nothing and you don't suffer if you know you're loved and valued.
There is an assumption that if you're young and pretty, you will get all these opportunities that are way beyond your musical foundation.
I think Newt Gingrich is a Christian; at least, he told me he is.
So süß klingt allen Menschen das Wort Freiheit, dass selbst Keckheit und Frechheit überall Anklang finden, weil sie mit der Freiheit einige Ähnlichkeiten haben.
They credited us with the birth of that sort of heavy metal thing. Well, if that's the case, there should be an immediate abortion.
Some might not know that 'What's Happening' was the television version of 'Cooly High.' When I went on the audition, it was an audition for exactly that: the TV version of the movie.
Either we are adrift in chaos or we are individuals, created, loved, upheld and placed purposefully, exactly where we are. Can you believe that? Can you trust God for that?
If men and women were surer of their God there would be more genuine manliness, womanliness, and godliness in the world, and a whole lot less fear of each other.
People are afraid of things they don't understand. They don't know how to relate. It threatens their security, their existence, their career, image.
Some people think I'm a rock 'n' roll musician and some think I'm a jazz musician but, for me, there is no difference.
I used to tell moms that for the sake of their well-being they had to put themselves first. But I know now that's not always possible.
I found songwriting really hard at first, but after a while it was actually very easy. I wrote about everyday stuff.
Not only is fur cruel, it's also totally gross. I mean, who wants to wear the skin of an abused animal? Not me!
I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer.
I don't watch TV, I don't spend time on the Internet, and I don't party much. I don't text very much, either.
Back in the day, I used to be in the studio recording 20 hours a day. And that was all of the time. I still record a lot of hours, but I don't go as long as I used to.
If you're not in a major city, many bands don't come your way, and you have to really travel to see them.
I would make far more money if every song were my own, but I don't write to fill up the album with my songs.
You just never know when movies are going to take off or not. The lucky thing about this was that it didn't cost a lot of money, and therefore there wasn't loads of pressure on me.
The thing that fascinates me is that the way I came to film and television is extinct. Then there were gatekeepers, it was prohibitively expensive to make a film, to be a director you had to be an entrepreneur to raise money.
