Kuwait has been a strong partner to the United States, and the royal family has maintained an enduring and sincere friendship with my family for generations.
I think ageing is challenging, surprising, fun, and full of friendship, so that is the approach I’ll take, objecting to the stigmatization of ageing in so many modern societies.
Rick Rubin and my father had a great friendship and it’s because of it that the work my dad did at the end of his life was created – that he felt creativity and invigorated again, even though he was being consumed by frailty.
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.
The group has always been based on friendship and a certain attitude.
MySpace gives our members the ability to reach such an incredible range of people and have direct contact with them. I’m not sure how that devalues friendship so much as it expands the range of potential friends you can have.
The connection between someone in Leeds and a comedian in Los Angeles would probably never happen if it weren’t for MySpace, so it enables friendship and connection far more than it limits it.
As far as ‘Final Destination’ and its creator, Jeffrey Reddick, are concerned, whenever Jeffrey calls, because of our friendship, I have to listen.
Our first conversation went like: ‘So, what do you do in the Philippines for fun?’ ‘Well, I like to rap and breakdance.’ And Will was like, ‘What?? Me too!’ That sparked our friendship and from then on, we were inseparable.
Of course I took advantage of the publicity that surrounded my friendship with Princess Margaret.
Like ‘Uncanny X-Men,’ ‘New Excalibur’ is the story of people thrown together by fate and wild circumstance who find their way to true and lasting friendship.
The most important thing I gave the Beatles was my friendship. They trusted me: there was no fear in being photographed.
There’s such a connection between Vietnam and America, but it should be one of friendship. Not bitterness. Not enemies.
It wasn’t love at first sight with Matt – we were friends at the beginning, and our friendship developed.
On ‘I’m A Celebrity’ it’s important to have chemistry and to have a friendship as a starting point you can grow from.
You should never undermine friendship and loyalty.
Big Red Machine is really a community effort: I guess it involves almost 30 musicians. It does come out of our friendship, but it’s really something that is deeply collaborative.
But amongst the drivers I don’t have friends at all. They are not my friends. It would never work to have a friendship, so I don’t make any effort to make friends.
When I am linked with close friends, it affects my friendship with them, and that’s upsetting.
With the publication of my book, Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship With the First Lady,’ I have exercised my right to free expression.
I had always been aware of George’s importance to me, of the bond of friendship and of the sparkle and light, effervescence and electricity that suffused the music we made.
We were bringing Wham! to a close, but we weren’t bringing our friendship to a close.
Despite the pain of his death, George is still very much alive in my memory today. A few years on from that tragic Christmas, I’ll sometimes catch myself thinking of our friendship and those years together as young kids in Wham!
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.
Where would you be without friends? The people to pick you up when you need lifting? We come from homes far from perfect, so you end up almost parent and sibling to your friends – your own chosen family. There’s nothing like a really loyal, dependable, good friend. Nothing.
