Quotes About Engagement

My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed.

I am selective about what I give my time to.

Don't watch a lot of television, don't listen to a lot of music. God. What have I been doing with all my time? I'm a bore.

When I travel, I make certain that I spend at least half of my time in the field. You have to get out to meet people that are in poverty, that are looking to improve their lives. That's something that you can't read in books.

I do films for the common man and identify myself one among them.

I'm not an entertainer; I'm an engager. I never sell myself, in a sense.

The thing I love about Myspace is it's a safe place where I can talk to fans every day.

I don't want to get into extended conversations with people on MySpace, because there are friends I have extended conversations with every day.

We want people to stay on MySpace. We'll give them whatever they might want to do.

People aren't interested in music on Facebook in the way they are on MySpace, that's one of the big keys here.

People read more mysteries than they do political pamphlets.

A lot of people don't give their audiences credit. You can leave it a little mysterious. They can think about it.

I'm hands-on with everything. From music to a car to remodeling a house - anything. People don't know that stuff, though, 'cause I put all my focus into music and being mysterious a little bit.

It would be easier to be more mysterious, but I try to be accessible.

I don't try to make things mysterious on purpose; I just try to make them interesting.

How does my music connect to an audience? That is just a complete mystery to me.

A magic show and a concert are very similar in the way I like keeping things a mystery and not doing them the same way every time. The listener and the audience never know what's going to happen next.

The first time I read something, I have this special feeling of being fully engaged with it. It's fresh to the audience because it's fresh to me. It's a little mystical, but I really believe that.

There should be an element of mystique between the fans and the artist. That bit between the stage and the audience. I think that's necessary.

I often tell people I don't care whether they join the NAACP or some other group, but you better join something.

I don't want people to come and see our gig because of the magnificent things I'm doing with my hips, but it's their evening, you know. They have to have fun. I'm a little bit naive.

Facebook is not very good at dealing with named groups; they're not very good at saying, 'We've got this book club and I'm a member and you're not.' But membership is one of the precursors to a lot of social action.

I've known and continue to know every one of these major world leaders by their first names, and I have access to them.

'Crime Story' was where I learned that I needed to get to know every crew member: what they did and what their names were and who their families were and whatever things they would give me.