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Video games are a special kind of play, but at root, they're about the same things as other games: embracing particular rules and restrictions in order to develop skills and experience rewards. When a game is well-designed, it's the balance between these factors that engages people on a fundamental level. ”
So we had life, death, illness, everything - every emotional involvement we had, we experienced. And I think that made what we had to do on stage, stronger. We got very much involved in what we were doing. ”
Social Security is a tax and an insurance program. It's not a 401(k) program. ”
I used to have sort of mixed feelings about a producer whose only skills seemed to be going into the studio, schmoozing the artists and making them feel good. I can see now that in some cases, that's what you have to do because that's the only way you're going to get them to produce. ”
Social Security is a tax. ”
I blub all the time, in the most weird situations - not in the ones that should make me cry. Music makes me very emotional. ”
When you've got an extra gear in your head where that's all you do, you've constantly got a little radar up. ... And when something hits that strikes that beeper, hits that radar, it's like my song skills kick right in and go, 'Oh, OK, there's a song in that.' And then I start trying to figure it out. ”
If I wanted to go be social I would. I don't have any fear of that. I don't feel like I'm a shy person at all. ”
A really good uniformed cop has tremendous people skills, and they learn how to read people. ”
I love doing films, action films, anything I can get into that is produced at a high level, really use my skills. ”