The big thing that everyone forgets, you're famous and on TV and everything, but I think there's something very rewarding to be able to write a song, record it, and have it turn out as you heard it in your head, or even better.

Every night is a joy; you get an hour and a half of all these hits. It's a lot of fun.

If the player performs well and helps us to achieve our goals, nobody will speak about the price of the player.

Quite frankly, the Urban brand organization became too siloed, with too little communication across functional areas. The great creativity that has been the hallmark of our success became stifled.

Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music.

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.