People from different parts of the world can respond to the same story if it says something to them about their own history and their own experience.
Collaborations aren't easy, but you definitely get something highly different than had you done it on your own. That's part of the experience.
We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.
Being on my own in a studio is really, really different than making music with the band. I can't say I necessarily enjoy it more, but it was just a new experience for me.
Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discovering the character you're playing through your own experience - so we're all different.
I had the fortunate experience to play with people from different schools of music. Sam Rivers is from the fundamentalist school of music.
Many of the comedies I had made in Sweden were slightly based on semi-autobiographical experiences, so adapting novels was a very different experience.
Content is power in today's world, and if you can own that content, create it and make interaction more of an experience than a transaction, you create a different kind of loyalty.
Cinema is visually powerful, it is a complete experience, reaches a different audience. It's something I really like. I like movies.
It is a religious duty for those who cook to learn how to prepare food in different ways, hygienically, for the table, so that it may be eaten with enjoyment.
L.A. malls are so different than a 'mall' mall like we probably all grew up with that had a food court and the sword shop, the yo-yo kiosk.
What strikes me is that there's a very fine line between success and failure. Just one ingredient can make the difference.
I'm about making music and spending time with my family. I've been in the spotlight so long that I'm looking for something different.
But, neither of these educational scenarios worked for us, so when we started a family, we wanted a different school for our children. And the other founders felt the same way.
I mean I love my family very much, but there is a difference when you're reuniting with your family outside of your hometown and reuniting in the family home.
My family isn't really all that different from anyone else's. Well, maybe they're a bit more entertaining.
Stress means something different if it is the result of rewarding work rather than struggling to keep the family out of debt.
I now have two different audiences. There's the one that has been watching my action films for 20 years, and the American family audience. American jokes, less fighting.
When I was in China, Mao was Chairman, and parents were terrified to tell their children anything that differed from the party line in case the children repeated it and endangered the whole family.
That's the beauty of music. You can take a theme from a Bach sacred chorale and improvise. It doesn't make any difference where the theme comes from; the treatment of it can be jazz.
When I tried to play something and screwed up, I'd hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it.
