“Why not say it? I’m bursting out of my cocoon. It was all too nice in the past – it never knocked anyone out. But last year… my first opening night at the Met – I looked out and heard all that cheering… for me… And I loved it.”

Inside I have been a stabber, a screamer, a die-er from way back.

Young singers ask me, “Do I have to live in New York?” I say, “You can live wherever you want-as long as people think you live in New York.”

I move out here, and next thing I know I’m 25, and the only thing I’ve heard is, ‘Can you get a coffee, can you hurry up with the thing, blah blah blah.’

It’s been nice to have a band and people I’m close to that I can get that understanding from and help me realize what I want to do in my life as a musician.

I like to look nice, but I’m not marketing being beautiful.

Nixon probably was a nice guy.

Twins are so practical. It’s always nice to have a spare.

The first thing I notice about a girl, is her hands. I like girls with nice hands. … And she must be spontaneous as well.

You know, when Sharpton and I walked in, it was, like, big commotion and everything, but everybody was very nice.

I don’t think that anyone has really told (people) what design is. It doesn’t occur to most people that everything is designed–that every building and everything they touch in the world is designed.