Music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all. Music expresses itself.
The more alive we feel, the more we can contribute to the lives of others.
Being creative is at the heart of being human and of all cultural progress.
Creativity is as important as literacy
It’s education that’s meant to take us into this future that we can’t grasp.
Sometimes getting away from school is the best thing that can happen to a great mind.
You can be creative in anything - in math, science, engineering, philosophy - as much as you can in music or in painting or in dance.
A film set becomes its own family anyway, and all family dynamics come out during a shoot. The trick is hiring people who know how to handle that.
Many people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have.
I wish I was a rapper. There are certainly times when I wish I could just drop an album and channel all my ideas, anger, humor and energy into some music and be done with it.
If you're going to make a comedy and if your sole interest is in making people laugh and feel good and entertaining them, then you check your ego at the door.