Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

In the Top 40 half the songs are secret messages to the teen world to drop out turn on and groove with the chemicals and light shows at discotheques.

I would absolutely love to go back to the simplicity of the '80s where there wasn't texting social media iPhones or smartphones. I love the fact that you would go home and check your messages. I'm not well suited to the world of modern technology.

I think that the majority of messages are validating messages to confirm the survival of conscious. And many times that validation message is negative or sad.

Every word facial expression gesture or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.

I was meant to date the captain of the football team I was going to be on a romantic excursion every Saturday night I was destined to be collecting corsages from every boy in town before prom accepting such floral offerings like competing sacrifices to a Delphic goddess.

To retain respect for sausages and laws one must not watch them in the making.

I read Christopher McDougall's book 'Born to Run.' If running were a religion this would be its bible. I actually scribbled my favorite passages on my arm to read during the race.

My whole thing is just to put out positive messages in the music give people something that can change their lives.

And of course pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.