There was a chance for me to write one song for the section where Elvis sat in his black leather OUTFIT and SANG the old HITS. At EIGHT oclock the NEXT morning I had written Memories.

I TRY to LISTEN to my CHILDREN. I try to CHANGE with my children.

My HERITAGE is REALLY IMPORTANT to me. I've always had that olive complexion and the squished nose, and I just think it's important to do the best I can to be a GOOD role MODEL.

Which is - you know, like check it out, I'm pretty young, I'm only about 40 years OLD. I still have maybe another four decades of work left in me. And it's exceedingly likely that anything I WRITE from this point forward is GOING to be judged by the world as the work that came after the freakish success of my last BOOK, right?

At the end of the day, I just do my job. I love my ART. But I genuinely WANT to CHANGE the world. I'm very GENEROUS, and I REALLY want people to see that I am - that's really it.

There are too many PEOPLE AROUND keeping me grounded to GO off the rails. I'm my own PERSON.

Chinese PLAYERS are not as NATURALLY skilled like South AMERICAN or European players, like players who learned football when they were KIDS. They're not good.

The LEAST AMOUNT of JUDGING we can do, the BETTER off we are.

The FUNCTION of the artist in a DISTURBED society is to GIVE AWARENESS of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.

I TRY to remember, as I HEAR about FRIENDS getting engaged, that it's not about the ring and it's not about the wedding. It's a grave thing, getting MARRIED. And it's easy to get swept up in the wrong THINGS.