I've never made any money off of any of my films. Statement of fact. So without commercial work, I would be in big trouble.
I'm smart with my money, I invest conservatively. I don't mind paying top-dollar, but I don't want to get ripped off.
I've always been rapping before I was making money off of it. Before I made a profit, I had always been rapping.
Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress.
We need wealthy dogs off the seats of power. They're taking us back to feudalism and I really don't want that. But I'm very far from being a socialist.
I hated the ballet, but I liked performing. I did 20 shows, and I couldn't get the smile off my face.
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.
If skating got into the Olympics, I would be tempted to hold off on shredding for a year and just skate, to make that my new goal. In that sport, I'm still the underdog.
I really believe that we don't have to make a trade-off between security and privacy. I think technology gives us the ability to have both.
I love talking to the audience, and I must be the luckiest performer in the world. I always land something or somebody that just takes off.
Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off.
I can say I'm not doing 'X-Men.' I love the franchise, and I love the people who make them on and off screen.
I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
A Deap Vally renaissance is going to begin next year and will be our focus for the start of 2013. They will blow the cobwebs off a music scene that has become just a little bit stale.
My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records and I'd play 'em over and over.
Music and dance influence my style in a lot of ways. Sometimes I go off to work dressed up like I'm going to hit the stage and perform.
Me as an artist, I've ventured off into doing all types of music. I'll do a jazz album, you know what I mean.
I had never done TV. I think it's a foolish medium for, most rock 'n roll music. Nobody ever comes off well on TV.
I started off with classical music, and I got into jazz when I was about 14 years old. And I've been playing jazz ever since.
Music makes or breaks an atmosphere. It helps to create the mood and also is a very important aural cue; simply shut off the music when you want people to leave.
Then the album created a tremendous furor and got me kicked off Christian television for two months, and then restored after they settled down and listened to the music and realized there was nothing wrong with it.
