Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up. ↗
If people are really excited about their music, and that's their primary motivation, then that comes through in demo tapes. That's the most important ingredient. ↗
My M.O. is just do what you do and don't feel like you have to make apologies for it. I'm sure there will come a point when I have to apologize for something, but not yet. ↗
You have a career, and you start as a business person. And you work your way, you reach this peak, and you know the time's going to come when you go back down. ↗