Music was what I always wanted to do and I was one of the lucky few to achieve my ambition and earn a living from it for which I'm very grateful.

The reality is, some people don't want you to change or go anywhere different.

Unfortunately, a lot of executives aren't like producers, and can't hear the diamond in the rough.

I would say that I've been lucky. Being blessed and not really ever giving up.

You can find a diamond in the rough a lot of times.

I'm continuing to produce and will start a new record soon, as well.

I usually prepare a track and then I work with the artist when it's time to do the vocals.

The most exciting thing for all of us is movies and movie stars.

But a lot of the old fans are listening to a lot of the younger music. So I gotta keep moving forward, and they'll move forward too.

When I was in top 40 bands, I always had to learn new material and new styles.

There's artists that I'm working with on a new label of mine. Foxy Nova and Supa Nova.

Choosing a life of safety is safely choosing something other than life.

One must observe the proper rites.

We share the earth not only with our fellow human beings, but with all the other creatures.

Golf made me feel like a loser. So I dismissed it.

I like getting up in the morning, and I like better having something to do when I get up in the morning.

What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.

But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled.

I'm picky, very picky. I wanted to be an actor since I was nine years old, and I figured that was only one way to ever have any longevity, and that's to be careful about what kind of work you do.

Jazz voices that unvanquishable, natural will toward creaativity and self-expression, depite everything, in the here and now.

You'll always know more in the future than you know now.