There are still recording artists out there doing things for the right reason, but a lot of people seem to be just driven by fame.
I'm one of those people that think certain things happen at certain times for all the right reasons.
People say, 'Surely there's the right reasons for going to war?' And my perspective is, 'Surely there's a better way of asking that question?'
'Elizabethtown' was a movie made for all the right reasons, and people who connect with the movie really connect to it. It's not the biggest group of people ever, but I still really believe in 'Elizabethtown.' It wasn't, like, a savage blow.
If you're making music for all the right reasons, people are going to be receptive to that and appreciate it the same way you did when your were writing it.
What happens with artists, or people who start off doing things for the right reasons, is that you slowly start to paint yourself into a corner by doing what people outside of the creative world are asking you to do, and I think that's antithetical to being an artist.
If I ever leave, it'll be after winning a championship. You need to go out on a high so that people remember you for the right reasons.
A few decades ago, the Irish decided they were tired of being always near the bottom of Europe's economic indicators. So they envisioned a better future for their country, and they put their people on the right road to get there.
It's more in my nature to be optimistic, I think. I'm one of those people who gets up on the right side of the bed in the morning.
For me, when you are have people wondering what is next, what is coming out, you are on the right track.
You have to get outside of your comfort zone if you're going to make significant changes in your life, and since few things scare people like the unknown, feeling fear is an excellent sign that you're on the right track.
People in power have to be careful about what comes out of their mouth. They have to find exactly the right word that can't be attacked.
It's rude to not try and look up-to-date. Is rude the right word? Yes! It's rude - rude to other people.
Let's cut to the chase, the sharia controversy. I don't think I, or my colleagues, predicted just how enormous the reaction would be. I failed to find the right words. I succeeded in confusing people. I've made mistakes - that's probably one of them.
Because I believe that humans are computers, I conjectured that computers, like people, can have left- and right-handed versions.
One funny thing is, though, I wear my watch on my right hand and I'm actually right-handed. People always wonder why - I don't know myself, I've just always done it that way and I like it the way a good watch fits on my right wrist.
When you're righteous, you don't have to tell people that you're righteous.
Sometimes I think that I was forced to withdraw into depression because it was the only rightful protest I could throw in the face of a world that said it was alright for people to come and go as they please, that there were simply no real obligations left.
Part of how you grapple with intense opposition is by creating real, organic momentum: by actually doing something for people, and then they rightfully buy into it.
Many people in this world are not raised to understand the concept of consent, in all walks of life, and it's important that abusers of consent not be treated as victims when they are rightfully exposed.
