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As I've gotten older, I realize how important my fans are and that I'm here because of them and not the other way around.

Just to be around that, to feel a part of it and be able to integrate the experience while I was with the Messengers, of going and playing gigs with other drummers, gave me the chance to realize that it was not just me that was making it happen.

I have failed to continue to set an example for a secure, loving family unit as an example for our children. That is the reality of it. There is no way of getting around it.

I look at life, the experiences I've had, at the human condition, the dynamics between people, the news (world news), and draw from the compelling realities all around us.

It's real time intensive so there's not much time for goofing around, but we are really close and we have a good time with each other. It's a great group.

On stage, I'm this figure, this actor, who does things that people aren't used to seeing and I relish in that reaction. In real life, though, I play golf, I shop and I walk around with no makeup on and my hair in a ponytail. I may not be the typical middle-aged Joe, but I'm closer to normal than you think.

I like to dance around the house when I'm getting ready. It gets my day going.

I'm always reading and looking around for the next thing.

People make fast moves around me, I react. I can't help it.

As far as a guy like Ray Lewis is concerned, you know he's going to be around the ball all the time.

I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head.

I been all around the world and I haven't found a city that I'd rather be from or rather come back to than Los Angeles.

Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest.

The number of opera houses around the world and the high attendance rates show that opera an art form that is more popular than ever.

One thing about being famous is the people around you, you pay all their bills so they very rarely disagree with you because they want you to pick up the check.

I started rapping when I was about 12 or 13, just playing around with it.

It didn't rain today, so I didn't have to work. Why don't you have to sit around and wait until it rains?

Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the other way around.

Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performances.

Some folks think I painted Lincoln from life, but I haven't been around that long. Not quite.

I think that there is a concern, a question mark, by people all around the world and governments all around the world, as to what China's intentions are.

People are looking around. They are looking to do something with their time and money. The question is, what?

My life would be very puzzling to most people if they had to follow me around for a day or two.

I just hate to be in one corner. I hate to be put as only a guitar player, or either only as a songwriter, or only as a tap dancer. I like to move around.

If you put up posters around town for high-school kids, high-school kids will come. If you're casting politicians, you can't put up posters and have politicians come down.

I get a lot of return business. I think it's all those years I put in traveling around the country; people saw me before and had a good time so they want to see me again.

I believe that you should put the right people around you, people that will not let anything go wrong.

When The Simpsons came around, there really was nothing else like it on TV. It's hard to imagine, but when Fox first took the plunge with it, it was considered controversial to put animation on prime time.

I never put my arms around John Gotti, Al Capone or Lucky Luciano.

There is also a natural and very, very strong empathy with the underdog, with people who have suffered, people who have been pushed around by foreigners in particular, but also by their own people.