"I had a very crazy aunt and uncle who we traded my brother Webster to for a Siamese cat. It was heaven to live with my aunt and uncle because you got spoiled to death."
"I came up to New York at 20 with a suitcase and a ceramic tiger. That was my one piece of furniture and I wanted to save it."
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"I'm very close to my parents and we built a sailboat together when I was growing up. We're partners."
"When I got out of high school I hit the road. I lived like a gypsy. Those were the best times of my life. I was living from club to club not knowing where my next meal was coming from. No credit cards, no apartment, no bills, no managers, just on the road with a truck and five guys."
"I was named after the next-door neighbor's German shepherd. It was either that or Cadillac Smith."
"I was the only guy who is referred to as Mr. Smith in the New York Times and in the same week as Sexy Rexy in some teen magazine."
"My father always said, 'It ain't bragging if it's true.'"