You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run.
Here's what I've learned about raising boys... if you keep 'em busy, they're fine. You let 'em get bored, they'll dismantle your house board by board.
There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.
Don't be afraid to give up the good for the great.
When I think of the things I have, it makes me a little uneasy. I don't want people to think I've lost touch with reality.
There has to be chemistry in a duet, but if you go beyond the point of friendship and attraction, you lose something.
I had holes in my jeans well before it was fashionable.
You know, I think the greatest gift in the world is a good employee, you know, or people who can do your work for you and do it well the way you'd like to have it done. And I've always been able to surround myself with really good people.
I've always said music should make you laugh, make you cry or make you think.
I'm so totally future oriented that, for me, I don't know what the future's about, but I can promise you it's gonna be exciting.
Know when to hold 'um, know when to fold 'um and know when to walk away from cameramen.
I've always said that gray hair looks good on everybody but yourself. To me, it makes me look old.
I think when you're in the public eye, you feel a pressure to stay younger looking.
I feel like I learn something from everything I do.
Radio is aimed at the 30-year-old market, so you have to have great music and appeal to get that age group. And you need a record company to believe in you. It's like a bit of the perfect storm.
The first six years of my career, I got more comments on my weight than on my singing. So I think I became so self-conscious that I started working on it harder.
You know, I've always said, I've never felt I was a particularly good singer, but I've always thought I had a great knack for picking hit songs.
You know, when you're poor and you have a bunch of kids in your family, you don't know that everybody's not poor.
If you want people to know what your message is, just sing it.
People will clap to be nice. They will not laugh to be nice.
