The business today is completely different and it's very producer driven, so that a songwriter needs to have producing chops, be a singer/songwriter, or find a singer to develop.
The country has moved off track. The people in Washington don't have the hard-nosed business experience needed to get the economy up and running.
I've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them.
We have to be a state where business is welcome and jobs are created. We have to demand value for what is spent and we need to continue to resist a lottery.
The business of music. You know, it's an oxymoron in a sense. It's like the two things. Although we both need each other, they really don't go together.
I think you need a really strong businessperson running the state, a person who's used to turning negatives into positives, which is what happens in business.
My experience has shown me that the people who are exceptionally good in business aren't so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more.
At XL we are continually focused on the rate of change, the increasingly interconnected world and the need to help our clients advance wherever their business occurs.
I am always writing; if you want to survive in this business, you need to keep working, keep creating and never stop the output.
I have known from the beginning one thing you need to know. That is, the music business is a business.
After 25 years in business, Mitt Romney understands how jobs come and go, and what we need to do to get our economy back on track.
We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
All of us who are convinced that our military needs all the support the government and public will provide are pleased that he will have his chance to do just that.
In my situation there are often things I need to do for the team, so when I get the chance to relax it's all I want to do.
You need to be grounded internally and excited about the world around you. If I were out of touch, it would be hard for me to know why Michael Cera is so cool.
We don't communicate in full sentences anyway. We don't need all those words.
Falling in love is a chemical reaction. But it wears off in a year. That's why you need a strong line of communication... which includes laughter.
You can't tell yourself that your stress is produced in your head and feel better. You still need to learn how to create a change.
The White House has embarked on a mission to convince the people of our country that Social Security is in dire need of drastic change in order to save it for all workers.
I never really make solid resolutions. I think if there's something one needs to change with oneself, it doesn't have to happen in the New Year.
