Juan Gabriel Quotes

On a personal level, I love the idea of hosting an awards show. I think that sounds like kind of a fun thing to do.

If I ever had the time to take on another job, being a party planner would be high on my list.

I throw 14 parties a week.

As social secretary, I was responsible for putting together all the events that the President and the First Lady host.

The most important thing for having a party is that the hostess is having fun. I'm very organized. I make a plan for absolutely everything. I never have anything that has to be cooked while the guests are there. The only thing I might have to do is take something out of the oven and carve it.

I thoroughly enjoy my children's birthdays, despite the fact their parties are an apocalyptic mix of hall-booking, Nerf-gun-hiring, refreshment-organising and talking to parents whose names you've forgotten.

I like the creativity of planning a party, or cooking and taking care of people, creating a memorable meal or event.

BET, I'll never, never, ever forget them for this wonderful blessing they gave to me, to be on the 10th annual BET awards for my comeback.

If you give a party, you better give it right.

Well, certainly at the Golden Globes, during every commercial break everyone gets up and schmoozes with each other.

But I remember feeling as a producer I felt like the guy who called the caterer and got the band; I had to work the party while everybody else was having a good time.

I had a birthday party with my family and friends at a house, and Chipotle catered. It was beautiful.

When my mother threw a party, even as a kid, she'd call me in and say, 'Organize it for me.'

It's the biggest party in the world, and you have to keep the whole thing percolating, which is difficult because a lot of awards most people don't care about.

I'm not somebody who no matter where I go there are paparazzi or any of that nonsense. But I have a little window into that world and I can enter it and dance around. I want to be the audience's ticket into the party.

We did 112 shows and had 112 parties.

I would watch the Oscars and every award show with my parents. I would make lists of who was going to win. I'd be doing Oscar predictions months ahead of time, and not only for the Oscars, for the Grammys. This is just what excited me as a kid.

Every year, they ask me to play the Grammys.

I have a lot of parties.

I like having parties where we bring in the girls, and we have a good DJ playing good music that makes the girls dance.

If you're going to be hosting any event or a performance or having dinner with people after a performance, it is work, but it's also social: food and a glass of wine would be involved often.

About music shows... um... I do want to go on music shows.

My 3rd birthday party was 'Funny Girl' themed.

I love birthdays, holidays, and anything that calls for a celebration.

I think my craziest Hollywood moment was performing at the Grammys with Stevie Wonder.