Quotes About Relevance

The minute you can be predicted, as a brand, you've got a problem.

I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'

Obviously scoring goals in pre-season is good to help you bring it into the season, but the most important thing is doing it in the Premier League, doing it in the Europa League and doing it when it actually matters.

At the end of the day, West Ham are a Premier League football club and that's all that matters.

Don't ask super goofy questions at the premiere of a very serious movie or try to have an in-depth political discussion at the opening of a new fashion boutique.

Normally with film, it's normal for the screenwriter to never be seen again after finishing until the premiere.

Premium content matters.

For, usually and fitly, the presence of an introduction is held to imply that there is something of consequence and importance to be introduced.

I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people.

History is weirdly dismissed as not having anything to do with the present moment.

You don't want to have a boring runway presentation, but you don't want to show stuff nobody is going to wear.

I always want to approach records from where it feels very graspable. You know what the song's about, but it's presented to you in a way that's like, 'I never heard something like this before,' but it doesn't push you away.

Jokes for jokes' sake are kind of meaningless to me. I understand the value of them, but it doesn't speak to me as much. You can lace your argument with jokes, but tell me why you're presenting this argument. What does it mean?

I'm a believer in presenting something that is worth paying to see. I've always felt lucky in that the work that pleases me pleases other people as well.

Far from being dead, physical media has years of life left and must be preserved because there is no better alternative.

Campaigns maybe encourage us to pay attention to attributes that maybe aren't that important in the presidency.

Whatever the press is talking about, they want to keep talking about it. So instead of asking yourself, 'How can I get them to start talking about me?', figure out a way to get yourself involved in what they're already talking about.

There are so many things to take into account - your ambition, your ego, the press, the consumers. You can never be sure that you'll be on top of the pile again.

The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good newspapers are in ruins.

A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend to continue to be pretending.

If you're 28 and singing about being over the hill, you're pretending. When you're 67 and singing about it, you know what you're talking about.

I've been listening to a lot of Hollies stuff lately, and it's beginning to sound pretty good to me.

The danger of being in fashion is that one day you'll be out of fashion.

You have to be careful not to use anything too colloquial or you date the book.