Businessman Quotes

"We expanded primarily for our people - if you don't offer more opportunities, you don't keep good people."

"The best are the ones built without controversy, when the owner, the architect, and the builder work together."

"Ben Rome was a perfectionist. He checked every letter that went out to make sure the English was correct."

"When I did a high-profile project, I was not the developer of it."

"My children went to Bethesda Elementary School. I wouldn't do anything to endanger the safety of Bethesda."

"It's nice to work with your own alma mater."

"My job was to build, and that's still my job - and I like that better than interviews."

"I did not want to go out at 5:30 in the morning with my stocking cap and my navy pea coat on and shoot lines and grades for the rest of my life."

"I've always kept a low profile, and I like it that way."

"The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human."

"Having a dream, living that dream, losing that dream, dreaming again and then having that dream come true again is one of the greatest feelings ever because I'm stronger."

"Animals keep you company when you're really lonely. It helps because when you have a friend around who always likes you no matter what - it's harder to feel bad or down."

"Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy, and when I make music I always hope it will have the same effect on whoever listens to it."

"I was singing in a mall, and I picked a girl to come up onstage with me. As I was grabbing her hand, I fell off the stage. It felt like I was in the air forever, flying like Superman."

"When I was 6 years old, I was in a rock band that was horrible called 'Dead End.' The name kind of described us. People liked us; we would go and perform at coffee houses and stuff."

"My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Being on the road is tough, doing interviews, and all the stuff. It's still pretty tough."

"I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson."

"I take Epsom salt baths."

"I'm always studying my craft because I want to be the best at what I do."

"Love shouldn't be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust that person. If you can't have that from the get-go, there's a problem."

"I write about my feelings, things that happen in my life and experiences."

"There's not a day that I don't work on vocals, have vocal coaches, go to acting classes, read books."

"When it comes to relationships, I think I'm pretty experienced - you'd be surprised."

"My career is my girlfriend."

"Animals play a big part in my life, on tour or at home."

"I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them."

"I would forgive my mom, but she's going to have to admit she did some things that were wrong."

"I feel betrayed by own mother."

"People have their own opinions but sometimes with the media things get chopped up and cut around to make stories out of it."

"I have my own studio down in Miami."