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

It might be a huge hit, it might not; but you learn something doing it.

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

The whole process of this record was an education for me as a musician.

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

I think that in order for music to be heard in a lot of different situations you have to always consider that.

I enjoy music that is commercial.

I don't necessarily want people to know all my intimate feelings about Tracey.

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

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

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

It's about finding great artists and being part of their careers.

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

I don't go to that many Broadway shows, so I can't really say anything.

Commercial music, for the most part, is popular music and you always have to keep that in mind.

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

I think that whenever there's a good script we try to make that happen, but it's all based off of a good story, a good script, but I don't believe you should do it just because it's African-American.

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

I could easily not be the person that people know.

The Internet is a whole new world opening up.

There are people that bring artists to me to look at it and it's a question of whether I like their music and their look and if I think there's something they have that makes them different and commercial.

It's like spicy food - sometimes you have to tone it down so more people can enjoy it.

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

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.

I still write the same way and have the same perspective.

Of course in science there are things that are open to doubt and things need to be discussed. But among the things that science does know, evolution is about as certain as anything we know.

Mothers send strips to daughters to make a point. Daughters smack strips down on the breakfast table to make a point. My own mom sometimes cuts a strip out and sends it to me to make sure I understand her.

Some caregivers want to reciprocate the care they themselves received as children.

You cannot drink the nectar of love without bleeding for its thorns.

I am so used to having two faces. A face that I had for black America and a face for white America. When Obama became president, I lost both faces. Now I only have one face.

While life lasts, I am an evangelist.

I tweet from bed. I love it because it's so quick. And it's funny. But it also leaves a lot of room for error because new people don't sense the sarcasm - there's no sarcasm font.

A diva is a female version of a hustler.

Desires are only the lack of something and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none or very slight ones.

Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal.

By being yourself you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.

When I was a kid, I loved all the silent comedians - Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, Chaplin. And I used to imitate them. I'd go to see a Buster Keaton movie and come home and try things out I'd seen. I learned to do pratfalls when I was very young.

People talk worse about people than they talk good about people, because a lot of people like drama.

Every beginning is a consequence every beginning ends some thing.

The test of one's behavior pattern is their relationship to society, relationship to work and relationship to sex.

Digital photography and Photoshop have made it very easy for people to take pictures. It's a medium that allows a lot of mediocre stuff to get through.

Getting direct consumer revenue through movies or games or other culture products is something that we are very suitable for.

People don't actually stay still, you know - when their area is a disaster, they go somewhere else, right? And that's just a natural human impulse.

No one is going to stick their head out of the trenches for someone they don't respect or trust. You can get shot doing that.

Good intentions often get muddled with very complex execution. The last time the government tried to make taxes easier it created a 1040 EZ form with a 52 page help booklet.

I've got to confess I'm a pragmatic optimist myself.

I'm really just using the mirror to summon something I don't even know until I see it.

The stone often recoils on the head of the thrower.

Once you establish a look, and once everybody recognizes that look as your look, you never have to think about fashion again.