No matter how far society “progresses,” our thirst for community and connection will never diminish. Bars satisfy this need.

I don’t embrace excuses. I embrace solutions.

Can I be cocky for a second? If I hit a home run 80 percent of the times, and you want to talk about the 20 times I miss swinging the bat, I’m okay with that.

If you had a dime for every excuse you made, I wouldn't have to be here right now.

If you're not passionate, you achieve mediocrity

Your ‘brand’ is what your customers think of you, not what you think of you.

When I get angry, it's with purpose. My purpose is to solve a problem. And I never lose sight of that.

The greatest gift of leadership is a boss who wants you to be successful.

When I talk to idiots, I get loud!

Fixing bars is easy. Fixing people is tough.

I'm very involved in all of my social media activities. I'm not an actor. I play myself, and I take that very seriously.

Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.

The most significant New York club for me was Paradise Garage, where they played house music. This was around '84 or '85.

Even good hearts know how to turn bad touch and genocide into clichés just to make room for more comfort.

I like the rock documentaries that make it seem real. Some rock documentaries are meant to make the bands look larger than life.

I don't like to look sloppy. I'm a girly-girl.

Even Michelangelo got paid for doing the Sistine Chapel. To those artists who say they're doing it for the love of art, I say: Get real.

Overall, vampires are a much more refined people; vampinese are much more barbarian and monstrous.

The success I've achieved comes to me from God

It is a luxury to be understood.

Music is the highest art and to those who understand, is the highest worship