“I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don’t. I have attachments to my wife and kids – and about 20 pieces of art.”

If you give a party, you better give it right.

I understand entertaining. You want people to walk out saying, I spent a night with interesting people.

I spend time with people who are movers and shakers, and others who are just friends I really care for. Some of them are rich, some of them are poor. I couldn’t care less. I’m not a snob.

I enjoy the burger joint the same way I enjoy fancy meals.

I like ’50s and ’60s American art. I have 85 or 90 Warhols.

I still follow that model: just go hard every day, and take it one step at a time.

Lots of kids and lots of adults and it’s usually the kids were it’s a special moment for them.

I love when people will say, “Oh, my songs are my children.” I understand that, but I’m also not afraid to kill my kids.

What’s cool about renting is that you don’t care about your house getting destroyed. So I think that is the number

I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.

Of all the unexpected things in contemporary literature, this is among the oddest: that kids have an inordinate appetite for very long, very tricky, very strange books about places that don’t exist…

I can remember being eight years old and having infinite possibilities. But life ends up being so much less that we thought it would be when we were kids, with relationships that are so empty and stupid and brutal.

Ever since I started acting, I’ve always spoken to our people about identity. I’ve spoken to kids, telling them: “Where do I get my strength to push through the barriers to get me where I’m at today? It’s my culture and my traditions, you know?