John Paul DeJoria Quotes

We wouldn't ever sit down and pretend that our friendship didn't fall apart back in the late '80s. It wasn't like there was a massive bust-up. We just drifted apart.

Relationships are always worth restoring.

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.

Talking with my friends and family every day helps keep me grounded and connected to home. They are the most important things to me.

When people just decide they're going to reconvene, there's no guarantee that they're going to have any of that chemistry. Sometimes people try to do that, and it's a struggle to try to recreate what once was.

Skype is one of the world's greatest inventions. I use it almost daily to connect with the people I care about when I'm away shooting. It makes the distance so much more bearable and I actually feel like I'm in the same room as my loved ones.

I have talked to my husband and asked him to come back and be with me more. He likes to stay in Britain and do what he likes to do.

As you get older, sometimes you lose touch with people you were friends with in high school and college. But when you've been part of a legacy together, you should still find a way to see eye to eye.

The xmas holidays have this high value: that they remind Forgetters of the Forgotten, & repair damaged relationships.

I've been interested in the idea of forgiveness and the necessity of it. I think of it as the most critical piece of any relationship, whether that be business, or romantic, or familial. We fail each other. We make mistakes. If we contract to go on after those mistakes, forgiveness is involved. Forgiveness is required.

My family and my closest friends are my favorite things about being home.

I prefer films and dramas based on families and relationships - films which focus on love and harmony.

I love coming home, sleeping in my own bed, seeing my own family and friends again. It feels like a big comfort for me.

I wanted to keep that message of food and family alive, and how it brings people together and builds relationships and communication.

As difficult as it was to break off the wedding, we wanted to be in a better place together - especially when you go through a life-changing event like a wedding.

For some reason, I don't spend enough time getting to see my family because I'm always touring or working or whatnot.

We all maintained our connections and our friendships, which we've maintained over all these years. We still like each other, love each other, and we realize that this was a way to heal and a way to really bring Ricky back into the mix. I think a lot of the songs recalled that time in Athens with Ricky.

I want to relate with everybody. All I'll say is I'm home every summer, if we really want to play.

Whenever you do a show, there are happy reunions of people; it's very familial.

Parents are the perfect people to talk to. They have no hidden agendas.

My parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's always been a way for me to get to know people.

I have a great relationship with my kids.

It's good for me to get home and re-connect with everyone.

As parents, we all share the same emotions and relationship with our kids.

Tell my father I wish to be his son.