You try to do the best with what you've got and ignore everything else. That's why horses get blinders in horse racing: You look at the horse next to you, and you lose a step.
Every artist and every song has an idea, and the producer's job is to capture it.
Everyone's frightened. It's how you deal with that fear. It's very, very powerful. And what you've got to do is get it as a tailwind instead of a headwind. And that's a little bit of a judo trick in your mind. And once you learn that, fear starts to excite you. Because you know that you are going to enter into something and try it and risk.
Life is a balance of fear and overcoming it.
I consider the recording studio where I was born.
I am blessed with the energy of a chimpanzee. There is nothing I can't get up for and give it a hundred percent.
When we did Beats, we had to begin again. Nobody at Best Buy knew who we were.
All I've ever wanted to do is move the needle on popular culture.
I came from Brooklyn. My nickname was Moochie.
You go into any recording studio in the world, and you see candles, lights, and that Apple light from a Mac.
I have a gift: I'm very lucky to be able to spot when a person is special.
Apple is a company that understands music.
You should try and fail and not be afraid. Get up again.
My life changed because Bruce Springsteen got on a mic in front of me.
You gotta remember: the record industry, in order for it to really thrive, has got to attract great people.
I make my world chaotic. It's like a whirlpool.
Just because you go to Burning Man doesn't make you Hunter Thompson.
You have to think, 'What can I do to help my team develop, grow, and become better performers?' rather than, 'What's in it for me?'
Talent is talent.
Over four or five years, I did six albums with three people: John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, and Patti Smith. I felt that if I could care as much about their music as they did, I could be useful to them. I really cared about their music and their lives.
