Some people are more fluid than others at just being themselves and recognizing what's good about themselves.

When I was younger, I looked at getting older as this process of getting less interested in things and becoming colder, and of finding less joy in the mystery of things. And I've found the exact opposite to be true. I find that I'm getting warmer, and that I'm more mystified by human interactions.

As far as I'm concerned, any work you get is because people have heard other work you've done.

Brian Eno developed systems to keep himself on edge and to keep himself in a position where he's generating ideas.

I've made a point of not being, say what I refer to as a 'careerist' about anything.

Music looks very formidable to people outside of it and it looks like it's this realm of spooky genius.

People's association with improvisation means one person playing an endless stream of notes over something, and it doesn't have to be.

The people I choose to work with, I work with because I'm already impressed with them, you know?

I'd like to think that most of what I do is self-evident if you're listening to it or seeing it. But I don't mind the fact that it's hard to describe.

If we're given a number of circumstances to deal with, the brain goes into this mode of trying to find a solution, and it's amazing how good we are at it.

There are a lot of producers who basically have their sound, and if the artist works with them, you almost know what the record's going to sound like before it comes out.

We're so used to everything being properly manicured, like you can hear every footstep in a movie, you can hear every bit of dialogue, and everything is in its place.

Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement.

One secures the gold of the spirit when he finds himself.

You have to think big to be big.

Every person is the creation of himself, the image of his own thinking and believing. As individuals think and believe, so they are.

It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles.

Always try to do something for the other fellow and you will be agreeably surprised how things come your way - how many pleasing things are done for you.

Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged.

To win you've got to stay in the game.