The only reason I was able to accomplish things is the great people willing to work with me. A company is a group of people organized to create a product or service, and that product or service is only as good as the people in the company - and how excited they are about creating it. I do want to recognize a ton of super-talented people. Without them, I would have accomplished very little. I just happen to be the face of the companies.

I think there are more politicians in favor of electric cars than against. There are still some that are against, and I think the reasoning for that varies depending on the person, but in some cases, they just don't believe in climate change - they think oil will last forever.

Weighing too much on someone's talent and not someone's personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.

Talent is extremely important. It's like a sports team, the team that has the best individual player will often win, but then there’s a multiplier from how those players work together and the strategy they employ.

You have to be pretty driven to make it happen. Otherwise, you will just make yourself miserable.

I started SpaceX with the expectation of failure.

I'm glad to see that BMW is bringing an electric car to market. That's cool.