For some people it may be kind of off-putting. But the idea that fear accompanies us at every step: the point is that our courage has to be bigger than our fear.
I didn't have any qualifications when I left school - I had three O-levels.
The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated. Kids turn up unrehearsed, wearing the wrong clothes, singing out of tune and you can either say, "Good job" and patronize them or tell them the truth, and sometimes the truth is perceived as mean.
My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't.
Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise.
It would hurt my feelings if I respected your opinions.
If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.
President Obama is going to have to run against himself. In tough times, nobody can defeat himself.
Religion's just a well-oiled profit-driven denial of the randomness of it all.
We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
Chance arrives unannounced. It emerges, and when it leaves, we are lucky if the changes it has produced are only external.