I'm definitely a singer-songwriter. I'm somewhere in the vein between Elliott Smith and Jack Johnson.
Smith and Carlos aside, I object to using the Olympic awards stand to make a political statement.
I just remember I wanted to make my own dynasty and not keep following trends. I wanted to make my own.
I feel like I'm able to relate to all races of people because when you learn to tap into the raw emotion of a person, that goes past color.
For three years, the 'Meistersinger' score was a ball and chain to me. It went with me to every city and concert hall.
Management innovation is going to be the most enduring source of competitive advantage. There will be lots of rewards for firms in the vanguard.
We owe our existence to innovation. Our species exists thanks to four billion years of genetic innovation.
In a well-functioning democracy, citizens have the option of voting their political masters out of office. Not so in most companies.
I will play the characters with last names like Sanchez and Gonzalez until the day I die, but I also want to play the 'Michelle Smiths.'
I attended schools in Seattle through the University of Washington, from which I was graduated in 1931. I spent the next year at Northwestern University.
I was fortunate to have teachers that were flexible with allowing me to miss more class than I was supposed to be able to, for the sake of being able to tour.
In the period from 1824 to 1833, the tendency was steadily in the former direction, but it was only in the latter part of it that it was made really efficient.
It will be said, however, that protection tends to destroy commerce, the civilizer of mankind. Directly the reverse, however, is the fact.
I couldn't have recorded this record 15 years ago. My voice didn't have the depth to pull these songs off.
The runs started in Thailand after the IMF intervened in such a dramatic way. Then the IMF came to Indonesia.
The longer you wait, the less fun. If you wait until the bitter end, the whole economy can be destroyed.
The debts are unaffordable. If they won't cancel the debts I would suggest obstruction; you do it yourselves.
I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable.
For small businesses, you need less taxes, less federal spending, and you need less regulation that blocks their growth.
Schooling after the second grade plays only a minor role in creating or reducing gaps.
I remember one time I went to Craigslist to find something; that's how bad I wanted it. It was a pair of Raf Simons - this was like 2010. But Raf said he was going to make them for me.
