You can't be afraid until you have no other option but to be afraid.

In today's world, I probably would like to work with someone like Gaga.

What do great artists do when you see a world around you that's in turmoil? Some of the best artists make you feel good (hah), they look to the future.

If something is worth doing, it's worth overdoing.

After waiting four long years since the Lost CHIC Tapes were recovered, I'm finally putting out our first record. I'm like a child waiting for Christmas morning.

I think the hardest thing to overcome is judging yourself and being your own worst critic so to speak.

Art, well good art at least, takes you to a place you go during the experience of it, and then after you experience it you are different.

Bands always call me when they are in need of a boost and I come in and put them back on top.

It feels like my job is to support people. I support great artists. When I worked with a symphony, I sat in the third chair, not the first chair.

Any real record person knows that the number one most powerful marketing tool when it comes to music is repetition.

If I could live in one city and do every single thing I do there, I would choose Venice. You can't turn your head without seeing something amazing.

What's the point of being a grown-up if you don't get to be immature?

Why do you want to fight and win when you were born to understand and forgive? When you forgive, you always win.

You are so much more, than your orientation, you know it and I know it.

Do not take on a traditionally built person unless you are prepared for a heavyweight bout.

He who fears the face of God does not fear the face of man. He who fears the face of man does not fear the face of God.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

While there may be thorns and disappointments, while there may be heartache, even heartbreak, there can be peace and comfort and strength from the Lord for those who follow Him.

I have remained someone who believes that the only things indispensable to human life are air, food, drink and excretion, and the search for truth. The rest is optional.

I refuse to believe in a god who is the primary cause of conflict in the world, preaches racism, sexism, homophobia, and ignorance, and then sends me to hell if I'm 'bad'.

Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power.