I think it's a reflection of the music business in general, which to me seems very fragmented.
I designed collections around whatever struck my fancy... fruits, vegetables, politics, or peacocks! I entered in with no business sense.
I have received more fulfillment and adulation than I would ever know what to do with in terms of show business.
The problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in business models and Harvard business school teachings.
Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business.
Less emphasis on inventories, I think, may tend to dampen business cycles, because business cycles are typically in the grasp of inventory cycles and heavy industry cycles.
It's a libel to say that I use my newspapers to support my other business interests. The fact is, I haven't got any other business interests.
I've learned the importance of loving what you do. I have also learned more patience due to the nature of the music business.
Everyone in my family is in the film business; I knew I wanted to be creative and it was important in my family to be artistic.
I wanted to be in this business, and once I got into the business I knew I enjoyed it, and I liked it, and I wanted to continue, but I never had a five year plan.
But Apple really beats to a different drummer. I used to say that Apple should be the Sony of this business, but in reality, I think Apple should be the Apple of this business.
I think that business leaders today have to be more rounded than they used to be, they have to be completely multi-functional and fast-moving.
I came from the music business, which reputedly has the biggest egos, but I really think the airline world caps it.
Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society.
The idea that the business world's needs get ignored in Washington is perpetuated by business so it can fulfill even more of its needs, real or imagined.
When you are a journalist in the music business, as I was, you end up dying or going to the gym - I chose the gym.
The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business.
Red: Get busy living or get busy dying. That's goddamn right!
Washington has got to, across the board, lower taxes for small businesses so that our mom and pops can reinvest and hire people, so that our businesses can thrive.
If politicians and business leaders become "protectors of creation" nature shall be saved.
Ever since I started my career, I have been busy with four to five releases a year. I enjoy being busy.
