Music has an intrinsic value that touches Americans - they love their music, and want more.

When ATM machines came out and people were prosecuted for robbing ATM machines, I don't think anybody thought the banks were against technology because they didn't want their ATM machines lifted.

Unauthorized use of these MP3 files is really creating a problem for artists in the music community.

Everything we are doing is on the cutting edge of so many different industries and so many different interests. We're out there in the sunshine, and it feels fine.

The Constitution wanted artists to have control over their works because they knew it would create incentive to create more works. That is clearly still the goal.

Napster is essentially using the music to make money for themselves and that's the part that's both morally and legally wrong. That I think is more relevant than whether or not I'm losing money.

The enforcement is the flip side to the growth. And that's OK.

Working moms, stay-at-home moms, they're both extremely hard jobs.

This is a business built on promotion. We've been giving music away to radio stations for 30 years.

The innovation is going to come, and that is good for everybody.

A lot of artists are much more concerned about how their work is used and how it's disseminated. That, to artists, is as important as the money, for some people.

Faith means be faithfulness to God.

It is imperative for our mental health that we surround ourselves with like minded people.

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.

Everything we do should be a result of our gratitude for what God has done for us.

I didn't say [Steve Scalise] was fanatically pro-Israel. I said I wouldn't vote for because he supports state of Israel which has committed terrorism against American in the Lavon Affair.

For a genius to be a genius, he must have a selfless slave between himself and the world.

The only man, woman, or child who wrote a simple declarative sentence with seven grammatical errors "is dead."

I'm not looking for Bible verses to back up a lifestyle of passiveness. I'm looking for Bible verses and life experiences to teach me to live more radically for Christ.

One of my goals is to allow readers to see my characters and the world they inhabit as vividly as possible.

I hate charts. I just despise 'em.