Life at a public company ain't for me. The board pays you what you're worth, then you get reamed for your compensation.

It comes down to that ... business tactic: the guy that yells loudest is right.

I'm proud to be involved with Simon Cowell and 'X Factor.

A lot of people refer to power as shooting a loaded gun. When you have to shoot the gun, you've lost the power. Other people's knowledge of your gun should be enough.

You can't be an entrepreneur and work in a public company anymore.

Radio stinks. The stations are making a lot of money, but they just aren't taking chances.

I don't want to not be important.

I can't think of any more powerful moment than when you stand on a stage.

Recorded music is more a marketing tool than a revenue source.

The release of 'Chinese Democracy' marks a historic moment in rock n' roll.

History shows fans want consolidation; you see it across the web every place. The big players are people like Google, Amazon, eBay, Facebook.

You never know. Maybe when we’re dreaming…we’re more lucid than when we are awake.

dragon took what it wanted. Took and kept.

We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to admit that we know of no better system, except possibly flipping a coin.

It is emotion that drives the intelligence forward in spite of obstacles.

In love longing I listen to the monk's bell. I will never forget you even for an interval short as those between the bell notes.

It's so crazy with the Internet and being able to play shows to people who are actually interested in you. I feel so lucky when that happens.

Withholding love is a form of self-sabotage, as what we withhold from others we are withholding from ourselves.

There ain't no Coupe Deville hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jacks box.

Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.

I have a lot of ideas for art. And it is really - I don't really have time to do them all.