7 quotes found
“If I were a rock star, I'd design my own clothes. I'd do it because that's the mark of a true rock star.”
“While not a musician, my father was a music agent for years before becoming pop culture icon Famous Amos.”
“Of course, screwed up families are not the exclusive province of the famous. Still, most families get to screw up in private.”
“The Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie was an unexpected, unplanned pop culture phenomena. My father went from star-maker to star.”
“In Los Angeles, parenting is a competitive sport. From Beverly Hills baby boutiques to kids' yoga classes, L.A. fuses high style, industrial-strength materialism, and parental outsourcing into our ...”
“My father's very public life as Famous Amos was the opposite of that of his ex-wife, my mother Shirley, who was fighting a very private, solitary battle with mental illness.”
“Technology has the benefit of being easily scalable. A few weeks or months of coding can result in solutions that reap huge benefits. The global success of Facebook, Twitter, and Google are all tri...”