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Van Morrison is probably, at this point in time, my biggest influence as a vocalist. When we were making our last album I had a vinyl copy of 'Veedon Fleece' in the vocal booth in front of me, in the dorky sense. I think there were candles around, which is really tacky, but hey, I needed to channel Van the Man!


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NATE CORDDRY When you work at 'The Daily Show,' you have to give 100 percent, or you're gone. The com...
NATE CORDDRY I hate sets. I've always hated sets. I think that if you have a dining room set, break it up!
NATE BERKUS Everywhere your eye travels in your home, it should land on something that resonates with you.
NATE BERKUS One of the biggest lessons I've learned during my time on 'Oprah' is that everyone wants...
NATE BERKUS If you actually keep things very organized and clutter-free, you can have more furniture than you th...
NATE BERKUS About 90 percent of the pieces in my home are vintage, and I'm a ruthless editor. I only live wi...
NATE BERKUS I do shop online! But I'm shopping online mostly in the home categories - One Kings Lane and Gil...
NATE BERKUS Everywhere in my house are these little things that have meanings and make me think of great memorie...
NATE BERKUS Mixing in some rusty oranges is a warm way to update your place for fall.
NATE BERKUS Design, to me, is part psychology, part sociology, and part magic. A good decorator should know what...
NATE BERKUS I see it every day: People trying to create a home that somebody else tells them they should have. I...
NATE BERKUS Go outside! I mean, even leaves from a park are beautiful in a clear glass vase. I'd rather see ...
NATE BERKUS My favorite thing about decorating is mixing different periods and styles. If you have something tha...
NATE BERKUS I was a boy with one dream and one dream only: I wanted - no, strike that, I was desperate for - a r...
NATE BERKUS In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.
NATE BERKUS You can find a lot of reasonable buys at Wal-Mart. But one key to making it on a budget is by donati...
NATE BERKUS We're not handling things anymore before they arrive on our doorstep. I like to feel how thin po...
NATE BERKUS In a modern loft, you can't just fill a space with furniture. Each piece has to be perfect.
NATE BERKUS In design-speak, 'a library' means a room lined with books, floor-to ceiling, but it all dep...
NATE BERKUS When you have a bunch of comfortable upholstered pieces, a single bronze or brass chair really turns...
NATE BERKUS Whenever you have dynamic interactions between 300 million people and the American economy acting in...
NATE SILVER You can change the feel of your sofa by adding a thick, cozy throw and playing a couple of classic p...
NATE BERKUS My dad said, 'Stay humble, and you gotta work harder than everybody else.' My mom said, '...
NATE ROBINSON First of all, I think it's odd that people who cover politics wouldn't have any political vi...
NATE SILVER Basically, books were a luxury item before the printing press.
NATE SILVER I had never heard of Cingular, but they needed people to jump on trampolines. Well, when I was 13, I...
NATE TORRENCE