Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.
I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.
I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they are necessary to whatever provisional stability we have, and they can be the agents of gradual and successful change.
Success comes to those who dedicate everything to their passion in life. To be successful, it is also very important to be humble and never let fame or money travel to your head.
After a point of time, when you get success and fame, money and everything, the purpose of life has to be redefined. For me, I think that purpose is to build bridges. Artists can do that very easily, more than politicians.
The more dollars the studio producers put in, the less freedom we have. If the budget hits $100m, they get scared - they'll take the existing score of a successful movie and expect composers to copy it, like wallpaper. The biggest challenge for any composer in Hollywood is to be as creative as possible within those boundaries.
A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.
I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful.
I have had unsuccessful films, but I learned a lot from those films. I give my failures as much importance as my success.
