Just as courage is the danger of life, so is fear its safeguard.
Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.
I think all songs should have weather in them. Names of towns and streets, and they should have a couple of sailors. I think those are just song prerequisites.
There's an idea out there that salespeople have actually been obliterated by the Internet, which is just not supported by the facts.
'6 Weeks' is broken up into two sections; both sections use the same set of samples, just in different ways.
It just so happens that I was born and raised in Washington. Had I been born in Chicago or San Antonio, the streets and places would have figured into whatever I wrote. Just so happens that it's Washington, D.C.
I put on weight like Santa Claus. I just get this belly that kind of extends out.
Why can't people just say they were moved? Why do they have to say it's sappy?
I didn't even realize I was writing songs - I thought I was just being witty and sarcastic.
People used to think I was just a shouty comic but I was doing stuff about Sartre.
In a more intellectually rigorous age, I wouldn't be talked about as a satirist at all. I would just be a topical comedian.
Saturn Return is just the return of your planets to their original position.
The crowd and the energy is incredible. I love going to Saudi Arabia because the energy is just awesome.
Sausages are just funny. I don't know why. I can't explain it.
One of the ideas that I wanted to highlight, which is actually a very bipartisan idea - it's not just about conservatives - is this worship of wealth, the CEO saviour.
There are a lot more companies with a lot younger people. It is just like 23-year-olds are starting companies, and they are scaling really quickly.
At their worst, message boards can subject you to mindless braying or outright stock scams. But at their best, they provide meaty insights on just about every stock imaginable.
Like, 100 percent, I hate spiders. I thought I really liked them, and I learned that was just false. I really can't be around spiders. It scares me so much.
Oh, I think Scarlett Johansson is a terrific actress. I think she's just marvelous.
And I'm slightly in love with Scarlett Johansson: she's just stunning. And she's bright, which is incredibly sexy.
