My goal is more to be remembered. They'll remember this thing and like it in the future. The trick is to stay remembered long enough for that to happen.
My act is pretty much me reflecting on what I want to talk about and what I think is funny and what has happened to me.
If you take a bunch of superstars and put them in a room where they don't have their assistants and entourage, it's funny to see what happens.
I actually was class clown, but I don't know how that happened because I've never been considered an outwardly funny person-as the people in this room will attest.
When human judgment and big data intersect there are some funny things that happen.
Preaching is effective as long as the preacher expects something to happen-not because of the sermon, not even because of the preacher, but because of God.
One of the things we often miss in succession planning is that it should be gradual and thoughtful, with lots of sharing of information and knowledge and perspective, so that it's almost a non-event when it happens.
I use zero photography. I have a photographic memory and a complete knowledge of anatomy and physiology, and an interest in grasping the moment of what is happening, not just the outside, but the inside out.
One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood.
Life's short. Anything could happen, and it usually does, so there is no point in sitting around thinking about all the ifs, ands and buts.
I firmly believe that life is an 'and' proposition and not an 'or' one. If you really love something, you just have to try it. The worse that can happen is that you'll be told 'no.'
Someone once said that life is what happens while we are making other plans. I now know what that means.
Pretty much everyday, there's a moment where I'm having to pinch myself and think, 'When did this happen to my life?'
To me, nothing is more fascinating or theatrical than real life. These people are in dire situations, where something extreme has happened in their lives.
You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
I was a complete, total nerd... I loved the idea that the underdog wins more often than not. And I don't know if that happens in life. But I want it to.
Security is when everything is settled, when nothing can happen to you; security is the denial of life.
Literature is reflecting what is happening in life. More and more women are having relationships with younger men. It's partly that women are not losing their figures now.
Anyone in public life who comes out, comes out primarily for themselves, and their life is immediately improved. That's what happened to me.
There really is a certain magic that happens when you're in the studio. And it's important in life to feel that magic: to feel that there is something greater moving all this along.
When I started to write a tune, I just wrote the nearest at hand, which was what was happening in my own life.
