Quotes About Relevance

I want to talk about privacy, the quality of the information you receive, whether it's neutral or commercial or pointed, bringing consciousness to the lack of neutrality in the algorithms.

The way a play is seen is completely dependent on the circumstances and the world in which it is received.

Someone recently asked what I am most proud of. The thing I'm most proud of is that I'm in my 50s and I'm still a leading lady.

Publishing is a very mysterious business. It is hard to predict what kind of sale or reception a book will have, and advertising seems to do very little good.

If you can reach people in their pockets, on their lunch breaks, on their commutes to and from work, on recess at school, and make things they want to see, that's an amazing thing for a show like ours.

Being clueless and out of touch is not a recipe for success at the midterm elections. But that only matters if you care about democracy.

Werdum's open to being knocked out in any fight because he's so reckless, but that's also what makes him so damn dynamic.

People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization.

People in the record business would say, Well, Pras, you know, you haven't been out in a while, maybe you should get today's hottest producer or rapper to do something.

I know that bands that haven't put out a record for 10 years are playing to 20,000 people a night. But that's not the achievement.

I feel like a lot of artists, when they're on their fourth record, they're perceived as the old guys. At least in this day and age. I like that people perceive us as just getting started because that's how we perceive ourselves.

Getting a record deal is a meaningless thing now.

Mere recording of an event will not make it a historical document. It will become obsolete with time. Only those that emotionally connect with the audience will stand the test of time.

I'm not deluded enough to think that everyone who knows my name is a listener. You know, I hope that part of that interest - part of that public interest - has to do with me still making records that people like.

Records... a record just shouldn't be that important.

The fact that people still know us is, in my opinion, a result of our music and of the big money that runs the music industry today. The people who control the industry are accountants who recycle everything in new, nostalgic packages, and everything else, to make more money.

Now, I don't actually know the exact cut-off age where beautiful ceases and 'must have-once-been-beautiful' begins. It's true it's not forty-five. I can still get attention when I try really hard, even if it's greatly reduced.

I should not become redundant or jaded.

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

A lot of people refer to me as somebody that they know. I think that kind of energy resonates with the programs on Netflix.

I hate bands that hang around, like, 10 years too long - they're like the drunk at a party you can't get rid of.

That may be a factor because we are the older show; we have been on the air for a while. Is it our day? Is it time to hang it up? But it seems that the show still continues, and we still enjoy being here. And that's a very important element.

The word 'retirement' doesn't really sit well with me. There comes a time when you reach a position in society or culture where people will not let you retire. You can say, 'Alright, I'm going to hang up my guitar,' but people will still not let you retire.

We go out of fashion but can also come back into fashion. So you've just got to hang around long enough until you are back in style.