Quotes About Innovation

You're not always going to be able to run in and blast someone out. Sometimes it might be different lines and lengths, change-ups or reductions in pace.

I actually think looking to the past for inspiration is pretty redundant.

People said that way back in the early days I was probably one of the first rappers; the reason is that I couldn't sing, so I had to talk! Lou Reed was probably the one who started it all.

The period right before punk rock where people like Lou Reed and Iggy Pop were really strong.

I learned loudness from working with Lou Reed.

I have never seen Jeff Bezos, Marc Benioff, or Reed Hastings complain about being public. Nor have they ever argued that being public prevented them from doing things with a long-term focus.

I think when you talk about competing against others, the problem is that you refer to something that's been done already and try to beat it.

I never like to refer back to anything I've done when I'm working on a character, even if that character has the same occupation.

We refer to Lyft as a 'mullet app.' Simple up front, a lot going on in the back.

In some industries, we refer to risk taking as 'research and development.' At financial institutions, we often take risk by investing in securities.

Automobiles and the automotive industry are increasingly driven by data and computing. The saying 'What's under the hood' will increasingly refer to computing, not horsepower.

My friend and I were in a band together and we used to always refer it it as 'floor-core,' meaning that we would sit on the floor and play stuff.

Drag went from being referential to being the reference, which is crazy.

There are definite reference points to older Depeche Mode records.

With new artists, you really don't have anything to reference. You're helping to develop their sound, define who they are vocally.

I'd like to do a record that doesn't even reference actual places. Because I think it's kind of an open-ended concept. It doesn't have to be taken so literally.

It's not like since I make comics I only read comics and since I make movies I will only go out and watch movies. Any kind of artistic expression interests me; it goes from literature to music to sculpture, painting; whatever is extremely inspiring for me becomes a reference also for me.

I'm interested in bridging and filling in space that hasn't already been filled, so when it comes to making music, I've just always wanted to be able to reference things that producers in the big pop major label context do, without compromising the entire sound of the record.

To begin with, I always want to go for scripts that do not have a reference in Hindi cinema. If it is novel and unique, it definitely has a better shelf value.

Any coach in my era will reference or look at Guardiola's teams. If you look at the style of play, he has had a huge influence on football. And he has innovated it again.

Most filmmakers give me the reference of my own songs; doing the same thing over and over again doesn't push you to do better.

I always imagine, and try to be on the lookout, for new things, for references that can inspire me creatively so I can showcase things that people haven't done before or that are new.

References drive the industry.

I don't particularly look at other artists when I'm working. But references do come into my work intuitively.