Coming from the music business and seeing the transition from artists to fans, fans to consumers, it's really about understanding the psychology of why people want to associate with your brand.

Music as a whole industry is growing exponentially, but in terms of the actual music file, when you look at the actual value there, to me, 'The Beatles' catalog should be worth more than Spotify.

Being schooled is the same thing as learning, and you can never be too old to have your coattail pulled when you're wrong about something.

The music industry really has to learn a lesson from the tech industry about what scale means at the end of the day and learning how to monetize.

I'm someone who's done the opposite of whatever the received wisdom is, to keep your career going into your 50s.

My career has been successful, but it's been a grind of hard work.

Every industry has slack times, and everyone has bad days at work.

I started off in radio, then made little films for Granada. I applied for a job at 'Weekend World,' and they turned me down; I'd also applied to the Foreign Office, which accepted me.