Changing the subject is one of the most difficult arts to master, the key to almost all the others.
In the 2000s, I became an artist. I started preserving and educating. I became more obsessed with making iPod playlists for people.
In terms of being a 'sneakerhead,' there was one point where I was obsessively following every sneaker blog. That's the beauty of Twitter: To get the heads up on what's coming out.
I have a lot of those 'Forrest Gump,' I-was-there moments.
I think the music comes first, then comes the fashion, and thus, the lifestyle. I believe it starts with music, and then the person delivering it delivers the lifestyle, the fashion. Madonna is a great example of that.
I don't believe in good music and bad music anymore. I'm through with that phase of my life. Sometimes I just wanna feel good, so I put on a good record. But mostly I'm more of a businessman than a music fan, so I'm listening to music in terms of, is this effective or not effective?
My theory is that nine times out of ten, if there's a depression, more a social depression than anything, it brings out the best art in black people. The best example is, Reagan and Bush gave us the best years of hiphop.
Microsoft has changed the way people think about computers.
I lived in London for a time in the '90s and I love it here. You know, I just go and see shows and have great dinners and walk around.
It's difficult to end with bangs if the judge takes away our ammunition.
Abraham is such a fascinating figure. Three world religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - all claim him as a patriarch. He was raised in a religious home. And yet he rejected religion in order to pursue a personal relationship with God.