“Power will be maintained by the groovy guy or gal who gets the most media coverage for his sleaze. Naturally, his friends in various businesses will do okay, too.”

The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own.

There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we’d all love one another.

A composer’s job involves the decoration of fragments of time.

Sometimes you got to get sick before you can feel better.

Beauty is a pair of shoes that makes you wanna die.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

Don’t go to bed with any woman crazier than you are.

The difference between religions and cults is determined by how much real estate is owned.

If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they’ll murder you in your sleep.

Anything played wrong twice in a row is the beginning of an arrangement.

One size does not fit all.

It gets harder the more you know. Because the more you find out the uglier everything seems.

The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion.

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

You are what you is, you is what you am, you ain’t what you’re not. So see what you got?

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

I respect the fact that Donald Trump always listens. It’s how he was in business. It’s how he is as president.

I’ve also built my own business, and obviously it’s a brand that I’ve built and it’s wholly owned by me and something that certainly my experience observing him and working with him and for him has informed how I make business decisions around my brand. But it’s my company.

The country’s top chefs, designers, media personalities and businesses are part of this dynamic city. We know that Chicagoans are used to the highest standards.

America is not a country, it’s a business.

I say the phone records of law abiding citizens are none of their damn business!

That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.

I’m really disturbed about the gay marriage thing. Because I think gay people should get married, cause it’s their own business. Because as a Black man, I think you’ve got to be against any form of discrimination.

We will not cut one penny from the safety net until we’ve cut every penny from corporate welfare.