The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.
I went through some tough years when I first moved to Los Angeles, and 'The Riches' was my first major success.
I gauge success in years, not weeks. The weekend box-office approach to book launches is short sighted and encourages crappy books.
I will spend the next four years rebuilding the foundation of a opportunity society led by free people and free enterprises.
I'd like to say I was smart enough to finish six grades in five years, but I think perhaps the teacher was just glad to get rid of me.
Without competition, the spectacular development of technology that we have seen in the last one hundred years in this country would not have happened.
I have loved hosting over the years, simply because I love working with people. It's the perfect job.
But why is it that in music, anything more than 5 years old - apart from a few hits - is never played on radio to the young public?
Well, I've had a lot of different experiences in music over the years. And not everything you do can satisfy everybody's idealised version of you.
With the rise of the Internet, fashion did become part of the global entertainment industry in the last ten years, and will follow the digital evolution of the music or film industry.
I have taken taking my music to labels for years, and everyone just thought it was creepy. They thought the images with the music were weird and verging on psychotic.
The fact of the matter is that 40 years ago, unless you bought the record, you couldn't hear the music. It was such a narrow track in comparison to today.
That was probably the stamp that went into my mind, because I worked in television for many years, doing that kind of music, so that really was my strong forte.
In the last few years I've been listening to jazz more than anything else. I listen to a lot of world music and experimental here and there.
Wal-Mart went on a rampage years ago insisting all music they carry be censored of all profanity and 'clean' versions be made for them to carry.
Jazz is not the kind of music you are going to learn to play in three or four years or that you can just get because you have some talent for music.
We are so indebted to our ancestors, musically speaking, that they have left us 400 years of music.
When I wake up in the morning, I feel just like any other insecure 24-year-old girl.
Our moneyed men have ruled us for the past thirty years. Under the flag of the slaveholder they hoped to destroy our liberty.
I'm very picky when it comes to men. I come across a man who I'm really attracted to about once every five years.
If you look at men's roles for the last thousand years, the desire is fundamental. We want to take care of, provide for, and be of service to... women.
