You've got to stay current and up with the competition. The main thing, though, is finding the greatest songs you can possibly find.

I wanted to get a job being creative, and I did.

I thought my dream job was to play cricket.

I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write it.

You cannot win if you're not at the table. You have to be where the action is.

I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.

As kids we didn't complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could. And as soon as we had a little money, we were eager to show it.

When I'm concentrating, I can be fixed in place for hours. In fact, there was a joke in my office that everybody would come and chat outside my door because they knew - no matter how loud they talked - if I was concentrating, it would not disturb me at all.

Think about it: If you don't have any actual, tangible skills, then how can you do anything? You may be laughing and nodding, but do you realize how few people, when asked the basic question, 'What can you do?' stumble on the answer and have nothing to say? Most people.

Great opportunities disguise themselves as small tasks.

Peter Drucker says, "Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things.

Passion drives perfection. The highest achievers in any field are those who do it because of passion, not duty or profit.