I grew up in Washington State and then eventually found my way back to Iowa City for grad school.
I regrettably wasted time at university by being overwhelmed and intimidated by the talent of other composers. I felt stuck and didn't know what I was doing there. I enjoyed my experience, but I didn't grab it in the way I would now.
Somewhere along the way to free-market capitalism, the United States became the most wasteful society on the planet.
I grew up completely overwhelmed by TV, and part of the reason why I have gone into television is as a way to justify to myself all those wasted hours of watching TV as a kid. I can now look back and say, 'Oh, that was research.'
I think that having comedy where people talk the way they really talk, when you talk with your friends and whatever, it's really, it's important. Or else you're making stuff that's a little bit watered down and irrelevant.
Do not let yourself get in your own way. Don't judge yourself and knock yourself down. There is enough of that out there already. Remember: you are an artist, and you bring something special to this craft. Take in notes and criticism, but don't let them define you. Don't try to become a watered down version of yourself.
Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.
Way before Watergate, senior administration officials hid behind anonymity.
I wasn't a big fan of Instagram at first. I felt it was watering down the way music is perceived 'cause it made things seem more normal.
Something as simple as transparency is really scalable because it quickly impacts the culture. And the culture is something everyone feels. If upper management is really transparent with everyone, that has this amplifying effect. Then you tend to attract players who operate that way, on the same wavelength, and coaches and fans.
And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word When they met in the way.
Again and again, to be sure, on the way to America, and under many other circumstances, man has passed through the most adverse climates and has survived, but he has flourished and waxed strong only in certain zones.
I listen to the phone-ins on the way home and I know how the fans feel.
Once you're halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there.
I had bad days on the field. But I didn't take them home with me. I left them in a bar along the way home.
I sometimes take leftover food from craft services and give away a bunch of sandwiches on my way home.
My dad brought me up not to accept second place. I lost a karate tournament once and got a trophy for fourth place. My dad tossed that trophy out the window on the way home.
People don't like the idea of consequences. They want to be able to live their life freely and do what they want to do without any consequences. And we know that's just not the way life is.
The way myself and my brothers have been brought up is that you don't give to receive, you give to give, and that is the way life is.
Some people just can't forgive. And that's just the way life is. You know, I can't forgive some things, either.
