A LOT of people say writers start losing their powers after 60 or 65. But I look at the best-seller list and SEE a book by that 14-year-old gymnast, Dominique Moceanu, and I think, 'Now, what's she GOING to tell the world? And these 25-year-old rock stars, what are they going to tell the world?'

People say you have to HIT rock BOTTOM, and, I can TELL you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets.

Dreams do come TRUE, no MATTER what PEOPLE SAY.

Only the French PEOPLE say French food is the finest cuisine in the world. If you ASK ANYONE else, they will TELL you the best food in the world is Italian.

Don't WORRY about what the PEOPLE SAY; be yourself, say what you WANT to say with RESPECT.

Our RESPONSIBILITY in life is not to lie around and wait for things to happen. Our responsibility in life is to WORK. Life is GETTING out and getting things done. When people say they're over-the-hill at AGE 50, I don't understand it.

When people say to me, 'What do you THINK of rap MUSIC?', my ANSWER is, 'There's no such thing. There's rap, and there's music.'

I just WANT PEOPLE to remember me like I remember Buster Keaton. When they talk about Buster Keaton or Gene Kelly, people say, 'Ah YES, they good.' MAYBE one day, they remember Jackie Chan that way.

A lot of people say when you have kids, you SLOW down. I WANT my kids to see me RACE.

It bothers me when PEOPLE say, 'Oh, you're so down to earth - for an actor.' Even when they don't say 'for an actor,' I FEEL LIKE that's the implication. Why are the standards so LOW for performers?

You know how a lot of people SAY, 'I lose myself in music,' or 'I LIKE to ESCAPE,' but I want my music to be more of an awakening. I want it to make people to be aware of life; I don't want my music to be a distraction. I want to light a path.