“Pop music is like an auditory cup of coffee. It has no nutritional value but it gets you going.”

“You know what I could use? A thrill.”

“Music, to me, is the most beautiful form, and I love film because film is very related to music. It moves by you in its own rhythm. It's not like reading a book or looking at a painting. It gives you its own time frame, like music, so they are very connected for me. But music to me is the biggest inspiration. When I get depressed, or anything, I go "think of all the music I haven't even heard yet!" So, it's the one thing. Imagine the world without music. Man, just hand me a gun, will you?”

“You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.”

“Time is more value than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.”

“We get paid for bringing value to the marketplace. It takes time,... but we get paid for the value, not the time.”

“We don’t get paid for the hour; we get paid for the value we bring to the hour.”