The bass player's function along with the drums is to be the engine that drives the car... everything else is merely colours.

I just make it my business to get along with people so I can have fun. It's that simple.

I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend.

I don't really count myself as a very sophisticated businessperson. I'm a creative artist. All I know from business I've picked up along the way.

It's to paint directly on the canvas without any funny business as it were and I use almost pure turpentine to start with adding oil as I go along until the medium becomes pure oil. I use as little oil as I can possibly help and that's my method.

If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable then you have discovered the secrete of getting along - whether it be business family relations or life itself.

If you were successful somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.

The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions.

Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them.

I've run the Boston Marathon 6 times before. I think the best aspects of the marathon are the beautiful changes of the scenery along the route and the warmth of the people's support. I feel happier every time I enter this marathon.