I THINK people would be suprised at how much we CURSE when we screw up. I'm LIKE somebody with Tourette's SYNDROME.

Twitter and SOCIAL media have so changed the game for filmmakers, but especially for ARTISTS. It shrinks the world and gives CHANCE to feel like they know you. But it's a blessing and a curse. It can HELP build you up, but there's ALSO such anonymity.

Chinese people become jealous about status more easily. Foreigners are more inclined to look up to SUCCESSFUL people. I don't UNDERSTAND why there is a difference. If two people start at the same point and then one person gets ahead, the other should WORK HARD to catch up. But INSTEAD, they just curse. They are jealous.

I've managed to dodge the curse. Not all my family have. Of COURSE, MUSIC helped me - music is all about CIVILIZATION, about something worthwhile. It's all about IDEAS.

If you are handed something, it's a blessing and a curse. LOOK at hip hop artists, they produced EVERYTHING themselves. Even people like Robert De Niro are getting into production. Again, it's art vs. MARKETING. Not EVERYONE can TAKE the risk. You have to break a few eggs to make a good omelet.

The THIRST for education that comes with the change the GOSPEL BRINGS can be a blessing or a CURSE, depending on our MOTIVES.

As human beings, we have the blessing and the curse that we're able to ADAPT to ALMOST ANYTHING. No MATTER how extreme the circumstances you're in, they become normal.

I'm ITALIAN and we CURSE a LOT when we TALK.

We must be aware of CONSUMERISM! That's our tendency. It's the capitalistic curse that we were poisoned with. We should SPEND only what is NECESSARY. How do you CALL the big cars, the latest ONES? Hummer! Not a single dollar to import Hummers! What is that? What is that? What kind of revolution is this? One of Hummers? No way!

The circumstances, including my BODY and my PARENTS, whom I may curse, are my SOUL's own CHOICE and I do not UNDERSTAND this because I have forgotten.

It's a blessing and a curse when your first big public album does so WELL. 'Twentysomething' sold four million copies - I think we were hoping to sell 80,000. And it's still selling. In some WAYS, you'll ALWAYS be DEFINED by that.

One of the THINGS I've discovered, THANKS to the Japanese, is that you should enjoy yourself. In the old days, I used to think: 'Oh, never be SATISFIED, never ADMIT to being HAPPY.' But there's no curse in being happy.