That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed.
Someone is always fighting for something, and they're always fighting for something better. Now, how that gets done is the true question.
What gets measured gets done, what gets measured and fed back gets done well, what gets rewarded gets repeated
What gets measured, gets done. And what gets recognized gets done again, and even better.
If we don't send people to Washington who, first of all, have done something more than talk for a living - which is what many politicians have done - nothing gets done.
Live broadcasting was something only done by the rich news organizations. So when you bring it to the masses, the public gets really excited.
I am always searching for something different or something fresh, something hasn't been done. But the truth is, at the end of the day, we're all sort of retelling something. We're doing a version of something that's already been done.
Take the stupidest thing you've ever done. At least it's done. It's over. It's gone. We can all learn from our mistakes and heal and move on. But it's harder to learn or heal or move on from something that hasn't happened; something we don't know and is therefore indefinable; something which could very easily have been the best thing in our lives, if only we'd taken the plunge, if only we'd held our breath and stood up and done it, if only we'd said yes.
If there's a job to be done, I always ask the busiest man in my parish to take it on and it gets done.
I've always got to change something. All the tracks I've done in the last five years were made in like six different studios. It gets a bit complicated.
I’ve always said, ‘I have nothing to say, only to add.’ And it’s with each addition that the writing gets done. The first draft of anything is really just a track.
Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies, or asthma sufferers, the CEOs or the unemployed?
I feel like if you compare yourself to other successful musicians you will never be successful, because there will always be someone above you who has done something more or done something first or done something better.
I try not to get caught up on how cool I am. That way nothing ever gets done. I'm always thinking about what I haven't done.
Breaking up isn't something that gets done to you; its something that happens with you.
There is always room for improvement, and I have always grown up knowing however well I have done, there is always something I could have done better.