Continue to learn with humility, not hubris. Hubris is boring.
That diploma you hold in your hands today is really just your learner’s permit for the rest of the drive through life. Remember, you don’t have to be smarter than the next person, all you have to do is be willing to work harder than the next person.
When you learn to harness the power of your fears, it can take you places beyond your wildest dreams.
The thing about seeing the big picture and being self-aware is knowing that it’s not about you. It’s about the big picture. It’s not about you. It’s not. This is not about you.
Every room that you walk into is better off because you’re there.
If this company is about anything, it’s about discipline and staying focused.
There’s an ocean of music out there and there’s absolutely no curation for it.
After three albums, you should shoot your producer.
Most technology companies are culturally inept. They’re never going to get curation right.
I make records so I can buy art.
Everything you know could already be wrong.
If you love your dad, it’s tough when he dies. If you don’t like your dad, it’s tough when he dies. Because you lose that guy. Whatever you didn’t get, you miss. And what you did get, you miss.
You don’t just walk out because you think someone has insulted you and your pride has been hurt.
We’re built to move on. Someone dies, no matter how close you are to them, you move on. That helps in a lot of ways.
People need service – great service where music is concerned.
If you get 100 million streams on a song and you’re only being paid on 20 percent, the check’s not going to look good. The money’s not going to look fair.