Beyond a certain point, that was all a mother could do for her children – Hang around long enough to drive them crazy.

I’ve been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.

For 10 years, I was my own label, my own promoter, my own PR. We borrowed money to print our CDs.

I was rather hoping we could live happily in sin for a very long time.

I really don’t know what to say, i waited a long time for this.

Let’s say you need a perfectly obedient servant who never gets tired, never needs to be paid, and is virtually indestructible. If you’re in a galaxy a long time ago and far, far away, you’ll just fly off to the local droid auction and pick up one of those shiny gold models with lovely manners.

Loretta Lynn was one of those ladies a long time ago that opened a lot of doors and paved the way for a lot of ballsy singer-songwriters who weren’t just cute.

I used to write poems more when I was younger, but I haven’t in a long time. I just write ideas and paragraphs and go from there.

I also said, men are like curling irons, they never get out of your hair.
And they are like government bonds, they take so long to mature.

It took me a long time to realise that I need to stay true to my game.

I think, on the rap side of life, I’ve always been inspired by and respected Missy Elliott for a long time. She’s funny and created an image for herself that was non-sexualized but was really interesting and really cool and really kind of avant-garde in a lot of ways.

I’ve never asked for a promise before, because promises are forever, and forever is an unusually long time.

You know what lasts longer than beauty? Being smart.

If you don’t know one thing about Kid Rock it’s that he’s loyal. His band has been together for a long time, he stands by his friends, and the guy still lives in his home state of Michigan.

What I’m doing, with my image, I have my perfumes. I’ve had that for almost 20 years, and I have like 14, 15 different perfumes now.

Evil is whatever distracts.

I am a huge, huge Ronnie Milsap fan. I have been for a long time.

I spent a long time watering a plant made out of plastic, and I cursed the ground for growing green.

I just want to make music that matters, that people will remember for a long time.

It takes a long time to grow young.

Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule.

Never is a long time.

A week is a long time in politics.

Pain is temporary, film is forever.

Better a long life of toil than a short one of ease

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.

Jay-Z ain’t a manager; he owns a management company. He been through this; he been through the game for a long time, so he knows tactics in taking artists in certain directions we need to go in.