Quotes About Author

'Original Sin' is, for me, a murder mystery with a huge cast that plays out on a grand stage.

Frank Sinatra. Hey, Frank, I saw you in 'The Pride and Passion,' and I want to tell you the cannon was wonderful!

Sinatra is so connected with the persona of the 'Guys and Dolls' characters even though he had great conflicts with Frank Loesser personally.

Early '90s, I was big, big into Sinatra. I was in college. I was fascinated.

Since the 17th century, insurance agents have been the foremost experts on risk.

I majored in geology in college but have majored in Herbert Hoover ever since.

I started seeing in the monsters as a more sincere form of religion because the priests were not that great, but Frankenstein was great.

It is a great honor for me to be able to express my sincere gratitude to the Nobel Foundation.

I believe that 'Feel Special' is the story of Twice, written in a song. I guess that is why our fans related to it the most, because it is a very sincere song.

With shows like 'The X-Files' or 'Eerie, Indiana' - even though they would have comedic moments, even though they would have character moments - there was a sincerity about magic.

And yet because of my attempt at sincerity I have been condemned, hooted at, reviled; filthy rumors have been circulated about me, not about my characterizations but about me personally, my private self.

All I can guess is that when I write, I forget that it's not real. I'm living the story, and I think people can read that sincerity about the characters. They are real to me while I'm writing them, and I think that makes them real to the readers as well.

People don't really need to question our sincerity when it comes to our songs.

I guess I'm rather self-destructive, and I like to give other people who are self-destructive a song to sing.

I'm in a really lucky position where people will be interested in whatever I do, but what I do is sing.

I love a big book, but it's what most people like which makes commerce sing.

It's just as well I can sing as I couldn't do a factory job with all these physical limitations.

What we have to learn from Singapore is multiculturalism or clearly having the aspect of a global city.

Singapore ladies are very beautiful.

As far as Malaysia is concerned, Singapore is a foreign country.

You look up at drama, down at comedy. A singer, looking up is okay. A comic, it's death.

My biggest celebrity crush is either Ryan Reynolds or Caleb Followill, the lead singer of Kings of Leon.

The most common misconception about me is that I'm basically a jazz singer.

On piano, I tend to write either gospel or singer-songwriter songs, sometimes kind of rocking blues songs. But the more heavier rock stuff I will write on bass.