I’m not an activist; I don’t look for controversy. I’m not a political person, but I’m a person with compassion. I care passionately about equal rights. I care about human rights. I care about animal rights.
I think beauty comes from actually knowing who you are. That’s real beauty to me.
I think furniture is art. I don’t think art is just for your walls – I think everything that someone has made is a piece of art.
The world is full of a lot of fear and a lot of negativity, and a lot of judgment. I just think people need to start shifting into joy and happiness. As corny as it sounds, we need to make a shift.
Portia and I have been married for 4 years and they have been the happiest of my life. And in those 4 years, I don’t think we hurt anyone else’s marriage. I asked all of my neighbors and they say they’re fine.
Life is short. If you doubt me, ask a butterfly. Their average life span is a mere five to fourteen days.
Haters are my motivators.
My point is, life is about balance. The good and the bad. The highs and the lows. The pina and the colada.
We all feel like idiots at one time or another. Even if we feel we’re cool 98 percent of the time, that 2-percent doofus is poised to take over our bodies without any warning.
I love furniture. And I thought, why are we not seeing who’s making the cool new coffee table and these new designs that come out?
Please raise your children with love and non-judgement. Tell them everyone has the right to love who they want to love. It shouldn’t threaten you or who you are.
You just have to keep driving down the road. It’s going to bend and curve and you’ll speed up and slow down, but the road keeps going.
Some of the most devastating things that happen to you will teach you the most.
My dream guests are really not so much celebrities. They’re people who are actually interesting and they’re doing something interesting with their lives or had an interesting experience in some way. I really enjoy talking to regular, everyday people.
What’s New Orleans without music? And what’s music without dancing?
If you’re in a position where you can help other people, there is nothing better in life than helping other people. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!
It is a fundamental right for people to be allowed to love who they want to love and marry who they want to marry and stop holding on to some form of discrimination that it’s just isn’t fair.
This is my real secret to being a joyful person: I make my life easy. I spend more time being grateful for what I have instead of focusing on what isn’t working. I no longer believe that people have to do things my way and that I have to be perfect.
My life is perfect even when it’s not.
Take a nap in a fireplace and you’ll sleep like a log.