You have to put these hooks in it, you know? You've got to make sure you got all that ear candy in it to get it through the gate.

Making music is a lifestyle; go to the studio and sit in front of your computer, drum machine or guitar for 10 hours a day. The good stuff will come.

I used to be a serious sneaker addict, but I've moved on a little bit from those days.

The cologne you pick should make you feel good when you go out with it. I think confidence comes across more than any other of our attributes.

I don't have a crazy rider clause saying I have to stay at fancy hotels. I don't have a problem with staying at a Marriott. But I will admit that I've gotten just basic, regular service there.

I had a somewhat frenetic childhood because my mum and dad split up when I was five, and then my mum remarried.

I didn't start making music in order to be famous.

My mother was pretty strict. I hated it, but maybe it made me a bit more sensible.

I never studied jazz technically; I just know and love the music.

I really love something about being around the recording studios - you know, like, those days in the '80s they'd be, like, in the studio 'til 4, 5, 6 in the morning working on these songs.

D'Angelo could sing the phonebook and it would sound good.

An Appreciative inquiry Conversation is the catalyst for strengths based innovation.

When people say they take hits and flops in their stride, I personally feel that they are just lying. Of course, I'm upset when my movies flop. I take it very personally.

I was an amateur wrestler, which I loved. It was my passion, but I started really late; I was a junior in high school when I began.

I'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more.

I've been looking for a girl like you - not you, but a girl like you.

People could put up with being bitten by a wolf but what properly riled them was a bite from a sheep.

Night is a very good and very close friend of a writer!

I have always believed that what goes around comes around.

I think materialism has trumped a lot of stuff, but I don't think it has trumped the heart, especially when it comes to (a person's) last thought.

I feel most sexy when I'm in love. My stomach flips. I get butterflies.