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It's always a mixture of fiction and your own story. It's more I recreate atmospheres and moods through songs. ”
When you write songs, you can't really point out the exact thing you're inspired by. It's more a state or a mood or an atmosphere that you're trying to put into words. ”
In my shows, I always try to incorporate music because it's the most natural way to set a tone. So if I want to do a show about depression, I use the opera. If I want to do a show about greed, I use spoken word. If I want to do a show about the injustice that's taking place in the world, I might play Sam Cooke. ”
We should be aware and constantly having conversations about the world because that's how you change it from the bigger standpoint rather than acutely trying to change things. ”
I dug deep, and I found that there were people who voted for Obama and then voted for Trump - because they saw what they believed was going to be hope and change, and under Obama, their particular lives did not change. ”
America was founded on majority rule, not supermajority rule. Somehow, over the years, this has morphed into supermajority rule, and that changes things. ”
The world is changing, and I believe that, if I want to stay employed as a programmer, I'm going to have to change with it. ”
Organizations want small changes in functionality on a more regular basis. An organization like Flickr deploys a new version of its software every half hour. This is a cycle that feeds on itself. ”
Design should be easy in the sense that every step should be obviously and clearly identifiable. Simplify elements to make change simple so you can manage the technical risk. ”
I think that's the beauty of living in America, right? We all get our own opinion, and no one opinion is absolute. ”