“The reviewer is a singularly detested enemy because he is, unlike the ...” — Carroll O'Connor Quote

The reviewer is a singularly detested enemy because he is, unlike the hapless artist, invulnerable.

My Irish derivation has nothing to do with me. Why should it?

In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards.

I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real.

Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women.

We don't really want to think that the artist is only very skilled, that he has merely devoted his life to perfecting a certain set of intelligible skills.

The purity of finding the right artist, that artist that's gonna be the next hall of famer, that artist that's gonna be the next headliner, lifting people out of their seats at Madison Square Garden, that song that's gonna be sung for hundreds and hundreds of years, that essence remains the same.

Timeless' was always gonna be the blueprint as an artist for me.

I've never really had the desire to be a front person or a solo artist. I don't really create that much of a hierarchy in my mind.