July 10: Cancer

"I'm not anorexic. I'm from Texas. Are there people from Texas that are anorexic? I've never heard of one. And that includes me."

"I worked everywhere because I always got fired. I was rebellious. I got fired because I think they just didn't like me."

"I'd say the biggest improvement for everyday musicians was the invention of iTunes, not so much the social communication stuff. The ability to market music through a world-wide network has made all the difference ... You don't have to sell your soul to a record company to get your recordings out there. The thing that might prompt some interest is the MySpace and Facebook, stuff like that. But the way you actually buy the stuff, I think, has been revolutionary. Interesting that a computer company should develop the best anti-piracy device, and not a record company. The thing that I love about the iTunes store is that the icon of my records label is no smaller than the icons of the biggest record companies in the world, pushing the biggest artists in the world. It's a level playing field. I don't know how long that will last, I can't believe that someone won't find a way to screw it up ... But for now it's just wonderful -- that it works on the merit of the music and not the hype. The simple word of mouth -- there's a lot of power in that right now."

"I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without human purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes from trying to help others."

"I was always trying to find my brothers, not my sisters. I wanted to play football, and I was very good. I was always the quarterback."