I try to make my heart beat out of my chest, hard-core, once a day for at least a half hour. I think that's very important.
In particular what is most important to me is the transformation of a sound by slowing it down, sometimes extremely, so that the inner of sound becomes a conceivable rhythm.
It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song.
I do it because I want to exercise people's compassion and I do it because I really believe that for some reason what I do is important and meaningful.
It is important for all of us to understand that free people are not governed by rules. Here at Hillsdale we are governed by goals, and then the rules are very broad.
Generally, when it comes to covers, I try and add elements that may not take your immediate attention but really become important the more you look at them.
I take things like honor and loyalty seriously. It's more important to me than any materialistic thing or any fame I could have.
Escapist literature gets a bad rap. But I think escape is important for a lot of people in a lot of places.
The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing and reading lots of stories about interesting people and places.
It's an important point to make that people can't just be invalidated, eradicated, because they don't fit tidily into a box. And more and more, the modern world is all about conformity.
Why do we pigeonhole and label an artist? It is a sure way of missing the important, the contradictory, the things that make him or her unique.
I definitely want children. That's important to me, so I just want to make sure that I'm completely prepared for it when that day comes.
What we believe is going to be very important is the delivery of traditional software and services and hardware over the Net. That's a form of electronic marketplace.
Those who have the most, who earn the most, must give an example, because that is important for Spain's collective effort.
I try to keep a balance. I actually believe that children want normal parents, they don't want celebrities or important parents or anything different from all the other parents.
Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win?
The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and children altogether.
You can watch someone on-stage cry and cry - but in the audience you feel nothing. It's easy to become indulgent. For me, what's important is the story first.
At the end of the day, TV is supposed to be entertaining. But it's important for me that there's some take-away value from it.
When you have little kids, you lose friends because you're so busy, but as they get older, you realise how important it is to have your girlfriends around.
Like I've said many times before, I'm always more likely to remember goals for their importance rather than if they're beautiful or not. Goals scored in finals, for example.
