'Heartbreak House' was a lot of fun for me. I must have missed that day at school. I'd never read it or seen it. It's one of those things that a lot of people are familiar with.
A blog is neither a diary nor a journal. Many people think of blogging in relation to those two things, confessional or practical. It is neither but includes elements of both.
I am often impressed with those that admit their ignorance, for it is the first step towards breaking out of the prison called freedom.
I am usually more impressed with people who are artful in shuffling a deck, than those who can masterfully play chess.
By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.
I'm always in search of those books where you don't want to stop reading, and 'Me Before You' is at the top of that list.
The ones the listeners loved most of all in those early years were the four Lennon girls who became the whole nation's little sisters.
Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be broke, fat, lazy, or stupid. Those things are what happen when you don’t have a plan.
Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.
I have no sentiments for nationality or for soil. But I grew up in Israel, so those things are in my blood, and I want to be part of Israeli culture.
In idling, the motor's running, but you're letting your mind take in anything. Things pop into it. Those are the gifts of subterranean conscious.
You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.
American culture is CEO obsessed. We celebrate the hard-charging heroes and mythologize the iconoclastic visionaries. Those people are important.
As far as songwriters, I've always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me.
If you want to know how a manager is performing ask to see their data, really want to know... ask those that report to them.
Back when I was working with the Stones and with Joe Cocker and Neil Young and Neil Diamond and all of those - 'the boys,' I call them - it was fun.
A make believe life doesn't win friends and influence people. It bores the crap out of those living the dream.
You want your kids to grow with the right culture and values, and the toughest part would be finding out how to instill those values in your kids.
Now you watch reality TV, you watch them in all those pools or Jacuzzis and I say to myself was I that stupid? But that was me then.
I think some people just have an innate musical ability, and I'm lucky enough to be one of those people.
Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs and check.
