Whether they run a record company or a grocery store, every boss will tell you you're in big trouble if you're borrowing more than you can ever afford to pay back. Delaying the pain for future generations is suicidal. We've got to start getting the deficit down right now, not next year.

I think that by ignoring the show you're ignoring the audience who put you there.

The artists who endure are the ones who stay focused even after they have reached the top of their profession.

Thank God kids love following an artist. When you get a group who pop, it's the best thing in the world.

I was living life like in one of those Disney movies, where I genuinely believed nobody was ever going to die

I love producing shows. And so when you're on a show where other people are making decisions you don't necessarily agree with it, after a while you start to feel like a passenger.

There's an expression in life: "You can only make one first impression." And that first impression has to be spectacular. So, I wait, and let people see it when it's ready to go. It's not a set rule, but I think it's the better way of working. People will agree with you because of your track record, but you want people to like it because it's good, not because you found it.