"Pieces of You is not a good record. It's an embarrassing record, ultimately. It's like having your dirty laundry aired out. I didn't think people would hear it. But it made me realize that all people want is to be touched. They don't care if it's Celine Dion or Meat Loaf or me."

"As a rule people don’t think other people on drugs are funny. They think they are tragic. They have a point, but I still had the funny."

"The gist of Obama’s advice to any would-be president is something like this: You may think that the presidency is essentially a public-relations job. Relations with the public are indeed important, ma…"

"I don’t think this dance is suitable for weddings. This is not a formal dance, this is a cheesy dance! But still, I appreciate that."

"I miss the animal buoyancy of New York, the animal vitality. I did not mind that it had no meaning and no depth."