I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.
Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost always failure. It can't be done.
My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world.
Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
I always say God should have given women one extra decade at least, especially if you want a family. You're trying to pack a lot in.
I am not in politics. 'President Mutombo?' No, no, no. There has never been a politician in my family, and I am not going to try to be the first one.
For me, what I try to heal is the major thing that I think all of us go through, where we came from. From our family of origin.
As a bandleader, I try to pass on the same family values that I grew up with: help people, hang on to your sense of humour, be tolerant, and keep your judgments to yourself.
I was trying to support a family with writing. I didn't have a private income. I had no other profession.
We were a very funny family. Humour was the tool with which my brother and I tried to get attention. We were always trying to be the funniest.
They're trying to kill me before I'm dead. I come to Quebec to spend some time with my family and they say I'm dead.
My family keeps me pretty grounded. Like if I try anything diva, they're like, 'Oh shut up. Go and do the dishwasher.'
I have those moments with my kids and family where we try to unplug and just be in the moment. We put everything else to the side and just be there with our family.
I like to embrace natural beauty. I try to get at least 8 hours of sleep, drinking a lot of water and exercising.
My role is to try to remove the impediments to entrepreneurs' chance to succeed. It's about improving the business climate to give people a better chance of succeeding.
I will never do another TV series. It couldn't top I Love Lucy, and I'd be foolish to try. In this business, you have to know when to get off.
My back to the goal, physically fighting off defenders, trying to bang my goals in, every week I have to do the business for this club. That's the life of a striker.
Granted, there are times when, for business reasons, you do something that's more mainstream. But even then, I try to find something that has a dark or subversive aspect.
I think my thing is I grew up in the ghetto, and I was able to get a second chance. That's what I'm trying to tell kids.
Until now, I've not done a project where the produce, rapper and singer has never worked together like this before, and I had a chance to try a variety of styles.
You know, Italian-Hungarian - no matter how linear and cool I look on the outside, I have all that energy trying to find its way through life.
