"The ordinary bloke will not voluntarily pay for "art" that leaves him unmoved--if he does pay for it, the money has to be conned out of him, by taxes and such."

“Financial crises require governments.”

“I try to keep the martial arts up. It's a good thing, not just physically but also for your mind.”

“Also, I sort of let my appearance go, to the point where I was maybe ten to seventy pounds overweight...”

“A risk-free life is far from being a healthy life. To begin with, the very word "risk" implies worry, and people who worry about every bite of food, sip of water, the air they breathe, the gym sessions they have missed, and the minutiae of vitamin doses are not sending positive signals to their cells. A stressful day sends constant negative messaging to the feedback loop and popping a vitamin pill or choosing whole wheat bread instead of white bread does close to zero to change that.”

“The flavour of life is love. The salt of life is also love.”

“Coming through the fire and through the storm of life with a strong man, my fiance Ashanti, whom I've been dating for eight months and two wonderful children beside me, I'm just so happy that I have been able to maintain my integrity and get to where I am today with the right energy around me.”

Source : "The Stone Age: Angie Stone on her new album, fiance and D'Angelo". "Essence" Interview, www.essence.com. December 16, 2009.

“I always look up to people like Michael Gambon and Tommy Lee Jones, and I hope that as I mature I will become as craggy as them.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“In advertising, not to be different is virtually suicidal.”