I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that's probably more appropriate.

It took me ten minutes to write this very sentence. I'm no writer. This is not my calling.

I have no control over people's perceptions of me at all and that's one of the things I decided very early on is that I can't control the way other people think of me. All I can do, especially when it comes to my career is go out there and do cool unique kinds of things.

I hope I'm remembered as the king of the world, the noble man who united all the nations of the earth. But that probably won't happen.

I think that a really good agent should be able to get the right publisher, which the agent has already figured out, get as much money as she can from that publisher, and make a deal, rather than have the amount of money determine the sale. That's what the best agents do.

Never ever discount the idea of marriage. Sure, someone might tell you that marriage is just a piece of paper. Well, so is money, and what's more life-affirming than cold, hard cash?

I think that commercials can really ruin a song. You know that the person sold the song for a good deal of money, and that was the tradeoff. But, music and picture can marry in a beautiful way, and the reverse also.

Executives must place a priority on wellbeing if they want to attract the right people, keep their best people, and drive their company's financial performance.