The fusion of art and technology that we call interface design.

Chance favors the connected mind.

The adjacent possible is a kind of shadow future, hovering on the edges of the present state of things, a map of all the ways in which the present can reinvent itself.

If you look at history, innovation doesn't come just from giving people incentives; it comes from creating environments where their ideas can connect.

Being right keeps you in place, being wrong forces you to explore.

Old ideas can sometimes use new buildings. New ideas must use old buildings.

The trick to having good ideas is not to sit around in glorious isolation and try to think big thoughts. The trick is to get more parts on the table.

Those that regularly come into contact with people having diverse interests and viewpoints are more likely to come up with innovative ideas.

When you don't have to ask for permission innovation thrives.

Every childhood has its talismans, the sacred objects that look innocuous enough to the outside world, but that trigger an onslaught of vivid memories when the grown child confronts them.

We need to play each others instruments.

When the writer (or the artist in general) says he has worked without giving any thought to the rules of the process, he simply means he was working without realizing he knew the rules.

Survival isn’t all there is to life

There's a “Pleasure"of happinessIn every thing I really wanna doWhen I find true happinessIn every thing I can do - Cocoy McCoy -

Hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue.

My dad is not a sports guy but was drawn to the theatrics of wrestling.

My brother Alex fell in love with rhythm and blues early and gave me a strong dose of it.

I do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled by it when I do.

My life is not just about the past.

I hate taking myself seriously. It drives me crazy!

Trust is the one thing that affects everything else you're doing. It's a performance multiplier which takes your trajectory upwards, for every activity you engage in, from strategy to execution.