I was never afraid of failure. I realized that I was responsible for my own success and that every day offers a new beginning and I was confident in my ability to improve.

Good leaders don't tell people what to do, they give teams capability and inspiration.

Managing innovation better may be the only way out of the abyss called commodity hell.

Work hard with passion and courage. Life is a marathon of contribution. You really must work hard to accomplish something... Find your passion and get good at it.

Values can't just be words on a page. To be effective, they must shape action.

The most important thing I've learned since becoming CEO is context. It's how your company fits in with the world and how you respond to it.

Seeing people in person is a big part of how you drive any change process. You have to show people a positive view of the future and say "we can do it"

Surviving a failure gives you more self-confidence. Failures are great learning tools - but they must be kept to a minimum.

Live with passion. Live with purpose.

Every leader needs to clearly explain the top three things the organization is working on. If you can't, you are not leading well.

And people is the most important part of my job. I spend one third of my time on people.

Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.

I think I'm also more open to other writers being present and listening to other opinions, whereas before I was going through my angsty teen years while making records.

Precisely because we cannot predict the moment, we must be ready at all moments.

But-! I say! The common conventions of humanity-' 'Are all very well for common people.

How would it be if we discovered that aliens only stopped by earth to let their kids take a leak?

For hearts where wakened love doth lurk, How fine, how blest a thing is work! For work does good when reasons fail.

I can count the number of dates I've had on one hand. I wish that guys would approach me, but they don't.

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life.

Idolatry happens when we take good things and make them ultimate things