Van Morrison is probably, at this point in time, my biggest influence as a vocalist. When we were making our last album I had a vinyl copy of 'Veedon Fleece' in the vocal booth in front of me, in the dorky sense. I think there were candles around, which is really tacky, but hey, I needed to channel Van the Man!


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If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to...
NATE DIAZ
If you don't find time to meditate and get all that negative out, and if you don't have the ...
NATE DIAZ
People don't understand: I've had 37 fights, three to five fights every year, for 17 years. ...
NATE DIAZ
I don't come and fight for fun. I don't do that. I don't like to hurt people for fun.
NATE DIAZ
I walk around - people know who I am. I've got friends. I can make ends meet. I grew up around p...
NATE DIAZ
I'm scared of any fighter I've ever fought because they are some dangerous people to be deal...
NATE DIAZ
Once I turned pro, I was like,' OK, this is not fun and games now. This is me. I'm going to ...
NATE DIAZ
I always took a fight; I always took everybody. I fought everybody.
NATE DIAZ
I'm trying to stay focused on what I'm doing. I don't want a whole lot of things going o...
NATE DIAZ
It cost me a lot of money to have a vacation, basically. It's nice to step back and see there...
NATE DIAZ
I have an issue with rage. I'm going to work that out, long term.
NATE CORDDRY
I moved on from dice baseball to 'MLB: The Show' on PlayStation.
NATE CORDDRY
Both 'The Daily Show' and 'The Colbert Report,' you're working with the best. Wh...
NATE CORDDRY
Lewis Black taught me stand-up.
NATE CORDDRY
My manager has season tix to the Dodgers, four seats to 40 games, and they're right behind the p...
NATE CORDDRY
There are a lot of funny people in my family. Absolutely. There were a lot of jokes growing up aroun...
NATE CORDDRY
Coffee shops are everywhere, especially in Los Angeles, chock full of sad sacks desperate to make su...
NATE CORDDRY
When you work at 'The Daily Show,' you have to give 100 percent, or you're gone. The com...
NATE CORDDRY
I hate sets. I've always hated sets. I think that if you have a dining room set, break it up!
NATE BERKUS
Everywhere your eye travels in your home, it should land on something that resonates with you.
NATE BERKUS
One of the biggest lessons I've learned during my time on 'Oprah' is that everyone wants...
NATE BERKUS
If you actually keep things very organized and clutter-free, you can have more furniture than you th...
NATE BERKUS
About 90 percent of the pieces in my home are vintage, and I'm a ruthless editor. I only live wi...
NATE BERKUS
I do shop online! But I'm shopping online mostly in the home categories - One Kings Lane and Gil...
NATE BERKUS
Everywhere in my house are these little things that have meanings and make me think of great memorie...
NATE BERKUS
Mixing in some rusty oranges is a warm way to update your place for fall.
NATE BERKUS
Design, to me, is part psychology, part sociology, and part magic. A good decorator should know what...
NATE BERKUS
I see it every day: People trying to create a home that somebody else tells them they should have. I...
NATE BERKUS
Go outside! I mean, even leaves from a park are beautiful in a clear glass vase. I'd rather see ...
NATE BERKUS
My favorite thing about decorating is mixing different periods and styles. If you have something tha...
NATE BERKUS
I was a boy with one dream and one dream only: I wanted - no, strike that, I was desperate for - a r...
NATE BERKUS
In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.
NATE BERKUS
You can find a lot of reasonable buys at Wal-Mart. But one key to making it on a budget is by donati...
NATE BERKUS
We're not handling things anymore before they arrive on our doorstep. I like to feel how thin po...
NATE BERKUS
In a modern loft, you can't just fill a space with furniture. Each piece has to be perfect.
NATE BERKUS
In design-speak, 'a library' means a room lined with books, floor-to ceiling, but it all dep...
NATE BERKUS
When you have a bunch of comfortable upholstered pieces, a single bronze or brass chair really turns...
NATE BERKUS
Whenever you have dynamic interactions between 300 million people and the American economy acting in...
NATE SILVER
You can change the feel of your sofa by adding a thick, cozy throw and playing a couple of classic p...
NATE BERKUS
My dad said, 'Stay humble, and you gotta work harder than everybody else.' My mom said, '...
NATE ROBINSON
First of all, I think it's odd that people who cover politics wouldn't have any political vi...
NATE SILVER
Basically, books were a luxury item before the printing press.
NATE SILVER
I had never heard of Cingular, but they needed people to jump on trampolines. Well, when I was 13, I...
NATE TORRENCE