I saw the Nutcracker to be a dummy as I thought of its mouth moving like a nutcracker - and also find them pretty scary as they almost have a life of their own.
The weird thing about grief, for me at least, was when each of my parents died, for a year or two afterwards I was pretty wildly brave - just willing to take life on.
There are certain ways of being that people don't find acceptable or very pleasant in regular life, but you go out on stage and do pretty much the same thing and they find it spellbinding.
I have tried to be as eclectic as I possibly can with my professional life, and so far it's been pretty fun.
Even though I pretty much made my own decisions early on, when I was younger I tended to overbook my life.
My input for the first 16, 17 years of my life was AM radio, FM radio - pretty mainstream stuff. Rolling Stone was probably as edgy as it got.
I love getting dressed up and having someone do my make-up and feeling pretty.
My makeup artist, Tonya Brewer, taught me the importance of moisturizing daily. Hydration is a must if you want pretty, dewy skin - which I love.
The idea that you can make love and not war really is pretty neat. That thing in Korea, the thing in Israel - that's all over the world. There must be a new way of thinking.
I think if two people love each other, they should be able to get married. That's pretty much simple.
When I was growing up, hip-hop was still a pretty specialised thing.
Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort.
You've got to have a sense of humour about sex. When you look at it, it's all pretty ridiculous, isn't it?
The suicide-bombing community is not absolutely 100 percent religious, but it is pretty nearly 100 percent religious.
I feel pretty comfortable in a lot of different musical styles. I like rhythm, and I like melody and so forth.
As much as I would like to be the one who saved hip-hop culture, it's pretty much nigh-on impossible.
I keep a pretty low profile. I live in Culver City with some roommates. I don't do the whole 'Hollywood' thing.
I've often been told that I'm a bit strange. I hear that pretty regularly, but it is not how I see myself.
Being elected to the Hall of Fame is about your career pretty much and your impact on the game.
I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later proved themselves.
I am mostly a pretty worried person. In conversations, I am always worried about what to say.
