You can't just place a few "Buy" buttons on your website and expect your visitors to buy.
I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.
The main thing is that Ataturk saw the desperate condition of the countries that had not had an industrial revolution. Ataturk saw where history was going. He really did in Turkey what we are all hoping somebody will do in [Islamic] countries where fundamentalists thrive, that they get somebody today that has the vision that Ataturk had in 1915.
There are still many great surviving talents: Stevie Winwood. Another great talent is Stevie Wonder. Another one is Eric Clapton. Another one is Phil Collins. Eminem, Kanye West I like all those people.
Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof.
It is a great life, this life of music.
I've been in the studio when you go through a track and you run down a track and you know even before the singer starts singing, you know the track is swinging. . . you know you have a multimillion-seller hit - and what you're working on suddenly has magic.
My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.
The more credible you are, the more confidence people place in you, thereby allowing you the privilege of influencing their lives.
Making a film is so hard that if you don't have your main actors going along with the ride with the rest of the crew it can make your life very difficult.
Buddhism is all about finding your own way, not imitating the ways of others or even the ways of Buddha himself.