"I own a mortgage company and a real estate company funded by the music. Florida is a kinda gold mine."

“We will have more Internet, larger numbers of users, more mobile access, more speed, more things online and more appliances we can control over the Internet.”

“I would be strongly committed to working with the FOMC to continue promoting a robust economic recovery ... I consider it imperative that we do what we can to promote a very strong recovery.”

Source : NOMINATION OF JANET L. YELLEN, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM, www.congress.gov. November 14, 2013.

“The God of the Old testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction...”

“Never let the guy with the broom decide how many elephants can be in the parade.”

Source : Twitter post from Apr 20, 2010

“Pop music seems to be the way radio programming has chosen to support female artists. They have chosen not to support a more provocative voice from women, which I find disappointing.”

“Build something 100 people love, not something 1 million people kind of like.”

Source : "The Best Advice Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Ever Received" by Alyson Shontell, www.businessinsider.com. January 13, 2013.

“There seems to be something pure in pulling from a place in time that's "innocent" and untouched by outward opinion. I wanted this album to have threads of my past to enrich the topics I wanted to address about aging.”

“Artfulness is not simple entertainment, especially during upheaval, unleashing creative life is sacred duty.”