Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it.
I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass.
It doesn't get better, it doesn't get worse, but it sure gets different!
I don't get all the women that I want... I get all the women that want me.
I used to have a drug problem, now I make enough money.
He who knows how will always work for he who knows why.
The light you see at the end of the tunnel is the front of an oncoming train.
I'm not conceited. Conceit is a fault and I have no faults.
You stick your head above the crowd and attract attention and sometimes somebody will throw a rock at you. That's the territory. You buy the land, you get the Indians.
The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.
Van Halen can keep providing the rain and I'll keep providing the parade.
Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make.
It doesn't matter the kind of music, it doesn't matter whether it's a cowboy hat or a yarmulke. I don't care if it's outer space or pop, the spirit is the same.
It's always irritated me that people say, 'Where's the action? Oh wow, there's no action here; let's go somewhere else.' These people will never find the action.
Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos.
You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. He's just famous for his sound.
There are only so many letters in the alphabet. When I talk to young musicians or authors and they ask for advice, I say, 'You gotta learn all the letters of your own personal alphabet. With music, you need to know all the different kinds of music and everything in and around your given instrument.'
I always admired Ray Kroc, the man who invented McDonald's. Ray had a vision of the most commonplace thing - a hamburger and fries to go - but to him it was just the greatest thing ever, and he was going to make it the greatest thing ever for everybody else, and he did.
I take my personal upkeep real seriously; my sense of organization and attention to detail; my memory; my business - I love the business.
Ya know, I always admired Ray Kroc, the man who invented McDonald's. Ray had a vision of the most commonplace thing - a hamburger and fries to go - but to him it was just the greatest thing ever, and he was going to make it the greatest thing ever for everybody else, and he did.
