Mark Ronson

My mother was incredibly strict, especially when we moved to New York. Compared with most of the American parents, who seemed so relaxed with their children, my mother was virtually a dictator.

I used to be a serious sneaker addict, but I've moved on a little bit from those days.

D'Angelo could sing the phonebook and it would sound good.

A lot of times songs are very much of a moment, that you just encapsulate. They come to you, you write them, you feel good that day, or bad that day.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

You don't ever really get to know Woody Allen.