I didn't come from a trailer park. I grew up middle class and my dad had money and my mom made my lunch. I got a car when I was sixteen. I'm proud of that.

It's not that I'm Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes now, but I've got my priorities in order.

I am happy to make money. I want to make more money, make more music, eat Big Macs and drink Budweisers.

They believed you can't mix rock, country, and rap, and that crossover is dead. I always knew it would work. And it will always work as long as you're really into it and like what you're doing.

I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut on politics.

If I was president of the good old U.S.A., I'd turn the churches into strip clubs and watch the whole world pray.

I could care less about what people think. I'm a Devil Without A Cause.

You get what you put in and people get what they deserve.

I think what I've learned out of this lifetime is you should be proud of where you come from.

I was the little white kid who rocked the turntables

Whatever your craft is, be a master of it. Being half assed at something, people will eventually see through.

Well, it's simple to love someone, " she said. "But it's hard to know when you need to say it out loud.

Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.

Faith in God is full assurance of hope.

The problem with big films is they snowball very rapidly and you can never pull back. It's a pipeline that needs to be fed.

If you do the math, films featuring women are a good investment.

Everyone just keeps on disappearing. Some things vanish, like they were cut away. Others fade slowly into the mist. And all that remains is a desert.

Any large-scale organization must lose some of the merits of its rudimentary beginnings. Quantity will have a coarsening effect on quality.

The shame that comes to us as we see ourselves praised when we are unworthy of it often gives us the occasion to accomplish things that we might never have achieved without such undeserved praise.

There is, in fact, an incredible freedom in having nothing left to lose.

To sculpt a head of hair with scissors is an art form. It's in pursuit of art.