If you look at YOURSELF as the brand, then you will understand an intrinsic truth: People judge.
The problem you ultimately want to have, as an entrepreneur, is deciding who to help, not deciding who can help you.
The sad thing is most people have to check with someone before they do the things that make them happy. We're all passing through; the least we can do is be happy, and the only way to do that is by being selfish.
I crave ideas, and when an idea hits me, it grips me and it tortures me until I master it.
Our perception of yesterday is the foundation for our expectations of tomorrow.
Before a show, you might have aches or pains, or it's a bad rainy day, or it's too humid. We all complain about stuff. But... how do I put this poetically? Once it's the roar of the crowd and the smell of the greasepaint, forget it. Once the adrenaline kicks in and your chest expands, you forget about all that.
Before you go out there and try to conquer the universe... get your act together.
Believe me, the library is the temple of God. Education is the most sacred religion of all.
Anybody who picks up a guitar and tells you that there's some inner message that they're trying to convey... it's nonsense. They're not being honest. The reason they're doing this is they wanna get lots of chicks and they don't want to work for a living.
The most important word in American, in Western culture, is "I."
It's easy to be drowned out by the crowd, but to thine own self be true, say I, no matter what everybody says, no matter what the popular vibe is.
If you want to welcome me with open arms, I'm afraid you're also going to have to welcome me with open legs.
I was never interested in being a rock star. I always wanted to be Boris Karloff.
Belief is self-knowing. Even Yoda out of Star Wars said, 'Do or do not. There is no try.'
Women, you have all this power, I'm telling you. In business, you have something called an inferred fiduciary duty to yourself. Look at the other hugely successful women in industry, commerce, science and everywhere else and you'll see women who are feminine, beautiful but also do not rely on men for their self-empowerment.
Kiss is a Fourth of July fireworks show with a backbeat.
Education, especially business education will only give you tools. What you do with these tools is all that matters. Life and business isn’t paint by numbers. You have to think for yourself. You have to invent yourself. You have an inferred fiduciary mandate to yourself, and that means, it’s your responsibility to learn people skills, and language skills, in order to increase your chances of success. You also have to be at the right place, at the right time, with the right thing. Mostly and invariably, the real product you’re going to be selling is….you.
If you choose to become a smoker, you are an idiot, and you may lack the discipline and intelligence to be a successful entrepreneur.
I have sold my soul to the devil.
My mother is probably the wisest person I've ever known. She's not schooled, she's not well read. But she has a philosophy of life that makes well-read people seem like morons.
I love money, I love women, I like to work hard and I don't use drugs.
First, when I was 12, I saw a Spanish girl jumping rope. I never saw her face, but it was still the most beautiful sight I'd ever seen.
The root of all evil isn't money; rather, it's not having enough money.
Wealth for its own sake is an empty shell. Wealth that includes making other people's lives better will reward you even more than the beautiful mansion you live in.
A good marriage can be ruined by poor communications - and by forgetting to put the lid back down.
