It's cool that you hear something, but what did you feel and what was your tactile and kinesthetic response to it? Those songs and creative sessions mean the most.

There's a key for every door, and if you can't find it, you can make one. That's always an option.

The odds are so stacked against you to have a music career in a place where there's virtually no music industry. So I always attribute it to God.

From a programmer's point of view, the user is a peripheral that types when you issue a read request.

When I'm in the mood for room service, my favorite order is a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich.

More than anything, I wanted to make sure that everybody was a pusher of difference. And they had to be able to do it in a communicative way, not esoterically. Because there are a lot of people who push things forward but sometimes only you and two people out of 500 in the room get it, but you want somebody who has mastered their craft so well that an 8-year-old gets it just like an 80-year-old gets it. They get the same visceral feeling.

I prefer a woman's way of dealing with things.