The friend who understands you, creates you..

I do love the ceremony of putting on a record but I don't have space for a vinyl collection..

You can never learn anything that is not a part of yourself..

Death is something we shouldn't fear because, while we are, death isn't, and when death is, we aren't..

Love. Resoundingly and absolutely..

History is on every occasion the record of that which one age finds worthy of note in another..

Usually we are saying only part of the truth..

In America, we have lost millions of decent-paying jobs. That has got to end..

I tend to be really competitive when it comes to Scattergories..

I don't talk. I just let what I do talk for myself..

Happiness comes not from having more, not from having less, but from wanting what you have..

Do something about your life now..

Once you feel that you've learned some skills and you know how to make records, the next thing is, "Do we ever get to make one that people will reall….

I find that complete trust and subsequent courage galvanizing and inspiring..

There is something indecent in words ..

Life really is very brief..

You are dead- what am I speaking to?.

It is not peace that I seek, but life..

It's all false pressure; you put the heat on yourself, you get it from the networks and record companies and movie studios. You put more pressure on ….

Things are not going to improve for you in life until YOU improve.

I signed Jay-Z because he was on fire. I wasn't a genius. The record was great. I put it on The Nutty Professor soundtrack and we signed him..