Everyone we regard as brilliant has endured an enormous amount of failure.

The best ideas emerge when very different perspectives meet.

When you step into an intersection of fields, disciplines, or cultures, you can combine existing concepts into a large number of extraordinary ideas.

Groundbreaking innovators generate and execute far more ideas.

Nearly every major breakthrough innovation has been preceded by a string of failed or misguided executions.

When chasing success

I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience.

We made a plan at school to meet in her garage and kiss. It was like this little business deal. I kissed her and then I ran home

I didn't want to raise my child in Hollywood.

Having a magical element in a realistic setting without explanation seems to me to be the hallmark of fairy tales, which present us with a kind of metaphorical look at some aspect of our lives.

Remember our words, then, and whatever is your aim let virtue be the condition of the attainment of your aim, and know that without this all possessions and pursuits are dishonourable and evil.

I don't buy into the idea that you're not supposed to rock & roll after a certain date. Maybe I should be in Bellevue, but I'm just having a good time.

I would love to love something, especially if I could do it without feeling like I was watching it die right in front of me.

When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.