Don't be on your deathbed someday, having squandered your one chance at life, full of regret because you pursued little distractions instead of big dreams.

The single most important thing is to make people happy. If you are making people happy, as a side effect, they will be happy to open up their wallets and pay you.

If you're not saying 'Hell Yeah' about something, say 'No'.

Five years after I started CD Baby, when it was a big success, the media said I had revolutionized the music business. But 'revolution' is a term that people use only when you're successful. Before that, you're just a quirky person who does things differently.

If it's not a hit, switch.

Success comes from persistently improving and inventing, not from persistently promoting what’s not working.

Repeated psychology tests have proven that telling someone your goal makes it less likely to happen.