I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the big band business was fading.
I think that fashion has become such a big business and with globalization we are on new territory at this point. We are not just designing for a country we are designing for a world now.
The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness and quality, for accuracy and context.
Any time you choose not to hide your tattoo, you're limiting your social sphere, because they're not popular in big business.
In my career, people in the record business have been rockin' in the same ol' boat. They all crooks - I'll say it clear and loud - especially the big ones.
We should change the current economic system dominated by big business groups to a one where small and medium-sized enterprises develop together.
Government did get into the health care business in a big way in 1965 with Medicare, and later with Medicaid, and government already distorts the marketplace.
I think the big thing is to talk about getting people working again and addressing the issues that are keeping small business from being able to grow.
Later, at Stanford University, I thought I'd become a lawyer or businessman, but my father came to me and said he thought there was a big future in the fine-wine business.
I'm big into fishing, but I've never been much of a hunter. I never was really raised around it a whole lot, so I never got a chance to do it a whole lot.
The minute my hair went, I shaved it. Thank God it became kind of cool. I just have really big ears.
It's like Canada is the little brother to the United States and one day they are going to show the world they're just as cool as their successful big brother.
Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big.
I've never been a big horror genre fan, but I did go see 'Nightmare on Elm Street' in the theaters and I dug it. I thought it was cool.
I'm like a big 10-year-old when I'm on stage. I just go up there and do whatever I think is cool at the moment.
I started playing around with GoPros on my own to get some cool footage. But it's actually become a big training tool for my team and me.
I'm a big believer if you want to change people's minds or get someone to vote for you, either a voter or a colleague, you've got to first get their attention.
Why should we change on stage? We're not trying to be something big and fancy, it's just us, doing what we do, we'd like to keep it that way.
They have all different names for music. I think the music I'm going to change the style with is going to be really, really big-years and years after I'm gone.
I have a big fear of change, or negative change, anyway. I'm basically the same person I was when I won 'Idol,' or when I was 10.
Populism is not a style, it's a people's rebellion against the iron grip that big corporations have on our country - including our economy, government, media, and environment.
