Timing is everything. It is not so much about who you know, especially now with the Internet, because anybody can become a superstar overnight.

House Music isn't black or white. It just is. It feels good & it feels right.

The minute you think you're greater than the music, you're finished

I think dancing is one of the best things anyone can do for themselves. And it doesn't cost anything.

When you create something out of nothing it's the most thrilling thing.

I'm always looking for just the right song that has something to say.

I learned to trust women's ears when it comes to hearing music a lot more than other men.

I am definitely in the right place doing the right thing. These are the rewards.

The music is everything to me.

I refused to be disrespected. So, at 16, of course, I was a gentleman about it, but I told them and it cost me my job.

I think women's ears are a lot more sensitive. Men are going to follow whatever appeals to women.

I am a mother. I see clearly that while I've been teaching them, they have been my reason to learn.

All I wanted was to be loved for myself." (Erik)

Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discovering the character you're playing through your own experience - so we're all different.

I told my mother-in-law that my house was her house, and she said, 'Get the hell off my property.'

The Congress is virtually incapable of passing any reforms unless they first get permission from the powerful special interests who are most affected by the proposal.

Not to sound egotistic, but I've gotten kind of good at it. It's something that came naturally to me, but my rapping is rooted in my writing.

A lot of people in my life are getting sick or potentially going to get sick from tobacco.

One thing about Guantánamo, beyond anything else, is the commitment against all odds to allow Americans to view themselves as the good guy, no matter what the situation is.

In short, industrialism is over.

Ancient eschatological texts are actually maps of the inner territories of the psyche that seem to transcend race and culture and originate in the collective unconscious.