'The Conversation' was a movie I saw probably for the first time in the early 2000s. I immediately loved the piano and just how simple it is.
I have been a judge for 15 years and I've made up my own mind during all that time.
By the second time I sang by myself in school, I just realized that I was more in control of my environment than I had ever been before.
Each time I see a split infinitive, an inconsistent tense structure or the unnecessary use of the passive voice, I blister.
I grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania, where my parents raised German shepherds - we had about 30 dogs at any given time.
My father was like the Old Testament. I am the New Testament. I am part of a new generation. In time, people will realize this.
I'm still shocked when people say, 'You haven't done a studio record in 20 years.' I try to make excuses for it, but the truth is I just wasn't with it.
Lyrics are kind of the whole thing; it's the message. Something might have a beautiful melody but if it's not the truth coming out of your mouth, it's not appealing.
All writing is the same: It's just making up lies until it starts to sound like the truth. That's what I do.
I don't believe truth is conveyed by style and presentation. I don't think that if it was grainy and full of handheld material, it would be any more truthful.
If I can't play for big money, I play for a little money. And if I can't play for a little money, I stay in bed that day.
Enlightened despots are mythical creatures; real despots seem more interested in stealing money or installing their sons after them.
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.
Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music.
I make the majority of my money from Patron, but my passion is with Paul Mitchell: I spend 85 per cent of my time on it.
If we're all together, we have money, and we start to organize, you're going to see the Teamsters Union start to bloom.
Once I'm at the arena with the guys in the dressing room, and in the bus, and on the plane, I'm a player. And I sit in the back with the players and I play cards and try to take their money.
For me, you've got to play football first. We're not trying to be accountants. The money takes care of itself. That's kind of how I think anyway.
Until these college students came into town, we were all very poor and didn't have money to do anything.
The only way I'd have gone was if it would better my career, I would not have gone just for the money. The point was to go to a club that could win trophies.
It's really important to have balance, spend some time in nature, go to a few parties, enjoy my friends and really chill out.
