I always add a year to myself, so I'm prepared for my next birthday. So when I was 39, I was already 40.
The release of 'Chinese Democracy' marks a historic moment in rock n' roll.
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.
The great thing about Ticketmaster is that it's seen as the comprehensive site for ticketing, artist information, venue information. We're a marketing platform, not just a technology platform, and we're going to build on it.
Since the traditional recorded-music business models have drastically changed, there is truly diminished income derived from recorded music by artists - both current and catalog. The touring industry has become much more important as a majority revenue stream and the ancillary fan experiences and promotions that may be derived from it.
You can't be an entrepreneur and work in a public company anymore.
For an act to be moral the intention must be based on compassion, not duty. We do something because we want to do it, because we feel we have to do it, not because we ought to do it. And even if our efforts fail - or we never even get to implement them - we are still moral because our motivation was based on compassion.
One must learn to be a sponge if one wants to be loved by hearts that overflow.
Music, even with these dial-up connections you have to the Internet, is very practical to download.
I don't know what I'm going to write when I begin to write. It feels like you are walking down a path, but you can't see around the bend and you don't know where you are going to go, which is fun.