I have no time to waste on this planet being told what to do by those who think that God has given them instructions.
Politicians and music don't mix. It's like whiskey and wine.
Beyonce, to me, doesn't have a f--king Purple Rain, but she's the biggest thing on Earth. How can you be that big without at least one Sweet Home Alabama or Old Time Rock & Roll?. . . People are like, 'Beyonce's hot. Got a nice f--king a--. ' I'm like, 'Cool, I like skinny white chicks with big t--s. ' Doesn't really f--king do much for me.
I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut on politics.
Surround yourself with good people. Whether they're the best or not, people are capable of learning if they've got good hearts and they're good souls.
If I was president of the good old U. S. A. , I'd turn the churches into strip clubs and watch the whole world pray.
If it looks good, you'll see it. If it sounds good, you'll hear it. If its marketed right, you'll buy it. But. . . If its real. . . you'll feel it.
We are like the explorers of a great continent, who have penetrated its margins in most points of the compass and have mapped the major mountain chains and rivers. There are still innumerable details to fill in, but the endless horizons no longer exist.
I suppose I have become a sort of living monument in Portugal. But I come from a family with roots all over the world, so the idea of patriotism is not very strong in me. My country is the country of Chekhov, Beethoven, Velasquez - writers I like, painters and artists I admire.
Experimenters don’t come in late—they never went home.
Maybe I'm not going to be able to do a deal with Russia, but at least I will have tried. And if I don't, does anybody really think that Hillary Clinton would be tougher on Russia than Donald Trump?