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I listen to both oldies and contemporary stations. I enjoy listening to current stuff because there's an energy to it that's inspiring.
There's so much talk about the Drug Generation and songs about drugs. That's stupid. They aren't songs about drugs; they're about life.
If you truly dig what you are doing, if you lay it out that way, nobody can not respond. That's what rock and roll is; it's relentless.
There's one way to do showbiz, if you want to do it perfectly, you have to be disciplined and you have to be ready to work really hard.
I'm able to express myself better now. I have come to accept the real me. I have come to love the real me. I now celebrate the real me.
I think being on 'Glee' is such a great experience, but I think the best part was when I did 'All By Myself', because I love that song.
Actually, the challenge I’ve always had is being too thin, so I love that now I have a booty, and obviously I love showing my cleavage.
On stage I'm basically spiritually feeding all of these people in the audience, and making sure they're encouraged to connect with God.
Somewhere there's a someone for me. Though I may be lonely now, I'll see it through somehow, to somebody's heart I know I hold the key.
The best thing about switching from being an actor to being a director is that you don't have to shave or hold your stomach in anymore.
I feel really relevant and creative, and I don't think I would've made an album if I didn't feel relevant. I wouldn't have said a word.
It is beautiful to own your own destiny and be able to do what you feel in your heart. To have that and not do it? THAT is crazy to me.
I was able to put something back. I was able to be of help to [Frank Sinatra] when he needed my help - and he did need somebody's help.
All my ex's live in Texas, And Texas is the place I'd dearly love to be, But all my ex's live in Texas, Therefore I reside in Tennessee
I still love making music. And I still love performing for my fans. I'd like to thank them for sticking with me through thick and thin.
The British press isn't as vicious as it used to be, and these days it's sort of cool to care again. Everyone loves an everyman anthem.
I never want to travel while I'm on vacation anymore. The only vacations I want to take now are ones where I just go and sit somewhere.
I’ve always wanted to be one of those people who didn’t really care much about what people thought about them.. but I don’t think I am.
Bars are meeting places and places to unwind. But at some point, what is culture unwinding from, and why can't they meet anywhere else?
It makes me sad, the way human beings talk smack. It's why I don't like irony. People are too gleeful to put some teeth into something.
24 hours a day, I'm thinking about what we can do with this artist, what I can do myself over here, and how we can tie it all together.
When there's people on the other side of the room trying to wipe out your life and things are stacked against you, you can get nervous.
I think music has the power to transform people, and in doing so, it has the power to transform situations - some large and some small.
When I got near teen age, I was so happy with my friends and the African American culture that I couldn't imagine not being part of it.
When I got near teen age, I was so happy with my friends and the African-American culture that I couldn't imagine not being part of it.
Music is a handshake where I, as a songwriter, am only part of the equation. I love that, the fact that you can make the song your own.
Experience, or what we call experience, is not the inventory of our pains, but rather sympathy we learn to feel for the pain of others.
It is true that I have had heartache and tragedy in my life. These are things none of us avoids. Suffering is the price of being alive.
I think when you can be supremely self-indulgent sometimes it's easy to get up one's own asshole. I need parameters. I need discipline.
It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song.
Everyone has that inner voice, the one that's a Negative Nancy. I'd say to ignore that voice and to be confident and follow your heart.
I like to rock and roll, but I'm a mushy guy, too. I want to be the guy that all the girls love and all the guys want to hang out with.
I'm well aware that the Nelson Mandelas and the Winston Churchills of the world happened by accident. They usually come out of nowhere.
In life's journey, you will meet all sorts of characters. Always remember, never shed a tear for the heartless, corrupt or insensitive.
May the bird of paradise fly up your nose, may an elephant caress you with his toes, may your wife be plagued with runners in her hose.
The biggest mistake I ever made was snorting cocaine. The second biggest mistake was I didn't realize that show business was two words.
I feel like our fans identify with us because they're like, 'I'm her,' or 'I don't look like any of them, but I'm different like them.'
I have to have aftershave in my car. I actually have Gucci aftershave in the glove box that is just for the car, to make it smell nice.
One night I saw them kissing at a party, so I kissed some other guy. Johnny jumped up and hit him, cause he still loved me, that's why.
My parents got divorced when I was about ten years old, but I saw my mom go work two and three jobs to make sure we didn't miss a beat.
Sure you're powerless, sure you're just one person, sure you can't change anything but you don't have to be miserable about it as well.
When I saw you, when I saw you I could not breathe, I fell so deep. When I saw you, when I saw you I'd never be, I'd never be the same.
Prince's manager once told me that I was the only person other than Prince who can recruit from the streets. Which was very flattering.
When I got my head shaved, it was all over the papers. It's weird that when you get a haircut you are in the papers, it's pretty stupid
'Alligator' was the first record that anyone paid attention to, and it seemed like it was the screamy songs that got us that attention.
To me, singing is basically a form of prayer. I get this great joy when I`m singing - whatever I`m singing. I missed it when I left it.
We stay strong. We stay positive, keep our heads up, love one another, spread love. The Devil can't win when you have God on your side.
Years and years of therapy taught me to speak up because speaking up is what gets things done and gets your story and your voice heard.
I don't know why I love cherries and I love pickles. I eat about two or three Claussen pickles a day. Those are just things I snack on.
I got married and basically forgot about Elvis. Then Speedway came. That was the most fun of all, to see him every day all those weeks.