I don't want to be a one-hit wonder.
I'm not a one-man show. I was never that in my life, and I never want to be that.
It's a privilege to be in this position, to have people want to talk to me, to have people want to hear my story and hear what's going on, because it can easily be on the flip side, and no one wants to talk to me, no one respects me one-on-one, no one in the stands wearing my jersey. It's a blessing.
I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
The more songs I've written, the more I've grown interested in telling a story. When I first began, I had this list of opaque phrases where you can make of it what you want.
There's an open door now more than ever to be making any type of beats that you want.
I always want to listen with an open mind.
I can't get booked on the Fourth of July, or it'll be, 'Do you want to open for the opener for Toby Keith?' Hell, no.
There have been openings, but I have not interviewed for any jobs, nor do I want to right now.
The most important thing is to allow gaps and openings for people to make up their own minds - I don't want my film to be pretending to have one important truth to tell anyone.
A lot of performers don't want to leave the circuit, the European opera house circuit, partly because most singers don't sing many concerts, or at least not while they are in their prime.
I appreciate all the devices the Windows people are coming up with, but the operating system... I just want to smash it.
I am opinionated and want to be part of the conversations.
It appears that the English think the Japanese... are fond of opium, and they want to bring it here also.
I want to be the Mexican-American Oprah Winfrey. That's a small goal, isn't it? That's something that I want. And of course not just to host, I want to OWN it! So, that's in my future.
The way we have looked at pricing at Merck is we've always said we want to be responsible, which means we want to optimize profitability and patient access.
If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.
Yesterday I staked off the ground on the hill for an orchard. I want to get 1,000 apple trees agrowing.
In the restaurant business, as opposed to the theater, center orchestra is an 8 P. M. reservation. Orchestra on the side is 7 or 8:30. Mezzanine is 6 and 9. But people don't take it personally when they call the theater and can't get what they want.
