There are different flavors of recession. You can get into some pretty dark scenarios pretty quickly.
Most of us are 'ultraconformists' when it comes to who we are most likely to follow... to socialise with, or even who we are most likely to hire.
There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
Most artists I run into aren't that thrilled with what they do anyway. They are glad to have different versions out there to see which one the audience likes the best.
Personalized beauty is about each woman being able to create her own makeup routine that complements her coloring and style.
One has a greater sense of degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.
I was born at the beginning of rock and roll. I got to experience the entire evolution of popular rock and roll music even before it started.
I went to Brazil in 2010 and pretty much did songs about that trip. I was there just to hang out, chill with the people, and feel the vibe. It was great - tons of great women, great skin, good beaches. Can't complain; the food is great.
My father always said, 'Malala will be free as a bird.'
You accept failure as a possible outcome of some of the experiments. If you don't get failures, you're not pushing hard enough on the objectives.
My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world.
There just is exponentially more money in the movie business than in the music business. As a result there are more people involved in the creative process.
The business has changed so much that they're able - we're able these days in the music industry to be able to control our own destiny.
Just as the Internet drops transaction and collaboration costs in business and government, it also drops the cost of dissent, of rebellion, and even insurrection.
The blanket assertion that corporations are people obfuscates the complex issues at play in the changing business world. Corporation are institutions. People are people.
I'm an indie artist with major distribution, so one foot in the extreme major music business and one foot in the abyss of indie artists.
In my lifetime, as a younger man, you were assumed to be an honest person. Your word was your bond, and a handshake was as good as a contract in business.
As I see it, most major philanthropists have been bullied into giving. They feel social pressure to give. It has become a cost of doing business.
You'd be a fool or a deluded idealist to think ethics would be prominent on Wall Street. That is not a statement against people in the money business, just a fact.
Cell phones tend to bring us more inside of our lives whereas movies offer a chance to escape, so there are two competing forces.
I'm not too proud of the movies I made as a grownup except for 'That Hagen Girl', which nobody remembers but which gave me a chance to act.
