Oh yeah, our first tour in Europe they wouldn't give me the time off from work.
When I first came out, like a lot of the artists at that time, I had a very polished, very overproduced sound.
My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading literature on the subject. The third is reflection.
You have to first be a writer and somebody who loves to write. If I couldn't travel, I would still write.
I learned my first lesson at the Walt Disney Company about not being able to trust my associates.
[first lines] Man: Master Li is here! Master Li is here!
[first lines] Wallace: Oh ho ho, cracking job, Gromit!
[first lines] Boy: [in Arabic] They've found something... small pieces.
[first lines] Drill Master: Forward, march!
[first lines] Dr. Henry Frankenstein: Down! Down, you fool!
[first lines] Wu Han: [to Indy] Be careful.
Agent Phil Coulson: This isn't my first rodeo, Mr. Stark.
[first lines] Lucy Pierce: Want to take a walk with me?
[first lines] Vitruvius: He's coming, cover your butts.
[first lines] Rita: What are you doing? We don't stop here.
[first title card] Title card: Rome / June 6th - 6 AM
Captain von Trapp: The first rule of this household is discipline.
[first lines] Sergeant Howie: [yelling] Will you send a dinghy, please?
Sanjuro: I'm not dying yet. I have to kill quite a few men first.
There are films that cost a lot of money that might be decent films. But if they don't perform in that first weekend or two, they're gone.
The first colony on Mars is not going to be built by a private company. How are you going to make money? You're not.
