Well, I don't go out much socially. I don't enjoy going out.
McDonald's is a people business, and that smile on that counter girl's face when she takes your order is a vital part of our image.
The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.
The key to success is being in the right place at the right time, recognizing that you are there, and taking action!
If any of my competitors were drowning, I'd stick a hose in their mouth and turn on the water. It is ridiculous to call this an industry. This is not. This is rat eat rat, dog eat dog. I'll kill 'em, and I'm going to kill 'em before they kill me. You're talking about the American way - of survival of the fittest.
That's the name of the game. . . pleasing the customer. If we ever lose sight of that fact, we've lost the ball game.
God is not interested in what you think you should be or feel. He is not interested in the narrative you have constructed for yourself, or that others have constructed for you - even the one that your church has constructed for you.
It's fine to dress in polka dots and pink crinoline if you want. What I recoil from is the idea that that alone is the only way to be female.
Non-mainstream people seem to balk at the idea of 12-step. A lot of us think 12-step recovery means sitting in a church basement full of Republicans and Christians who drink to much.
When I wrote a song, it would have to be from something I was really excited about, or a melody that's been haunting me for weeks, or a message I wanted to convey lyrically. So it would have to start from something I felt very strongly about.