Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
My parents are more likely to know who Franz Liszt is than Snooki.
I don’t think you should just do what makes you happy. Do what makes you great.
I don't think you should just do what makes you happy. Do what makes you great. Do what's uncomfortable and scare and hard but pays off in the long run. . . let yourself fail. And pick yourself up and fail again. Without that struggle, what is your success anyway?
You do not have to be fearless, just don't let fear stop you.
I'm really into everything. Something I've been asked throughout the years I've done the show is, "What kind of music are you into?" I find that to be a bizarre question, because it implies there are people out there that are only into one specific kind of music. But I think I, like most people, enjoy a wide variety of music.
You cannot let a fear of failure or a fear of comparison or a fear of judgment stop you from doing what’s going to make you great. You cannot succeed without this risk of failure. You cannot have a voice without the risk of criticism and you cannot love without the risk of loss.
Is it better to outmonster the monsters or to be quietly devoured?
The two most powerful things in existence: a kind word and a thoughtful gesture.
Vladimir Putin is really very much of a leader. I mean, you can say, oh, isn't that a terrible thing - the man has very strong control over a country.
When I met my wife 20 plus years ago, she was a vegetarian, so I was the closest thing to the devil that she had ever met.