The great thing about the business is how Darwinian it is. We have to swim or die - if you are found wanting over a period of time, you've either got to change what you're doing or find something else to do.


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I'm used to seeing it, but it's weird having an Academy Award. You usually only see one of t...
STEVEN WRIGHT
Academics lack perspective. In a debate on whether the world is round, they would argue, 'No,...
STEVEN PINKER
Human evolution, at first, seems extraordinary. How could the process that gave rise to slugs and oa...
STEVEN PINKER
I liked school, but I used to dread those moments when the teacher would call me up to give an oral ...
STEVEN WRIGHT
Anyone who thinks they stand apart from society and defies all which govern its existence has less i...
STEVEN WEBER
I suspect millions of people from my generation probably have comparable stories to tell: if not of ...
STEVEN JOHNSON
I just got tired of being sick and tired and feeling down. Unfortunately, you don't realize this...
STEVEN ADLER
Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be...
STEVEN PRESSFIELD
The irony is that the people we tend to vote for actually look down on voters and voting. That's...
STEVEN WEBER
I poured spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone.
STEVEN WRIGHT
Maybe nature is fundamentally ugly, chaotic and complicated. But if it's like that, then I want ...
STEVEN WEINBERG
Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination t...
STEVEN PINKER
The Champions League is the competition everyone wants to be in.
STEVEN GERRARD
If you are in a spaceship that is traveling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, d...
STEVEN WRIGHT
I think if you were to really peek under the hood of what got Aerosmith back again for our second li...
STEVEN TYLER
When I was growing up, you would put on a KISS record or a UFO or Aerosmith record and listen to it ...
STEVEN ADLER
My wife and I had decided not to let anybody take pictures of our home because it was just the last ...
STEVEN TYLER
You can say that I lived in Asia for a long time and in Japan I became close to several CIA agents. ...
STEVEN SEAGAL
We really are creatures of a violent world, biologically speaking - watching violence and learning a...
STEVEN PINKER
The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them th...
STEVEN SPIELBERG
If you look at history, innovation doesn't come just from giving people incentives; it comes fro...
STEVEN JOHNSON
I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.
STEVEN WRIGHT
I kept a diary right after I was born. Day 1: Tired from the move. Day 2: Everyone thinks I'm an...
STEVEN WRIGHT
I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing 'Happy Birthday.'
STEVEN WRIGHT
I intend to live forever. So far, so good.
STEVEN WRIGHT
I guess my first digital movie was 'Tintin' because 'Tintin' has no film step. There...
STEVEN SPIELBERG
Well, luckily with animation, fantasy is your friend.
STEVEN SPIELBERG
Nothing is cooler and more attractive than a big comeback, and that'll be me.
STEVEN ADLER
It's hard to find five musicians who know what the other is going to do before they do it. And t...
STEVEN ADLER
I'm not gonna be a slave. I'm a rock n' roller.
STEVEN ADLER
You can have all the riches and success in the world, but if you don't have your health, you hav...
STEVEN ADLER
I just had lunch with Slash two days ago. He loves Axl. He holds no grudges towards him. Twenty year...
STEVEN ADLER
The only thing I want to be satisfied in life is to do one reunion tour with Guns N' Roses. I wo...
STEVEN ADLER
You gotta pick yourself up. Sometimes you just gotta do it over and over, but you gotta do it. You c...
STEVEN ADLER
You figure that time could heal all wounds, but some people just really hold a crazy grudge.
STEVEN ADLER
Don't try to follow any trends, just concentrate on writing great songs and knowing your instrum...
STEVEN ADLER
Loud is a way of life.
STEVEN ADLER
The real shame about the ending of the Guns N' Roses when I got kicked out wasn't just that ...
STEVEN ADLER
Drummers are conductors - we set the pace for the music - so if you're not relaxed and feeling r...
STEVEN ADLER
I used to wake up in the morning and say, 'Oh, God.' Now I wake up in the morning and look f...
STEVEN ADLER
I thank God, Jesus, and my Grandmother for being able to support myself and my family.
STEVEN ADLER
Every musician, their goal in life is to play music that people love, and I've accomplished my g...
STEVEN ADLER
If the Police could do a reunion... One of the biggest jerks I ever met was Sting. If he can do it, ...
STEVEN ADLER
I look in the mirror and see a few scars, but I like myself.
STEVEN ADLER