Talent is extremely important. It's like a sports team, the team that has the best individual player will often win, but then there's a multiplier from how those players work together and the strategy they employ.

Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.

Domains like Trade, Technology, Tourism, Talent and Tradition have the power to redefine existing paradigms.

When you have a special gift you don't realize it because you think everyone else has the same gift.

Sam Phillips asked me to go write a love song, or maybe a bitter weeper. So I wrote a song called, "Cry Cry Cry," went back in and recorded that for the other side of the record.

I wanted a participation song, something the fans could latch on to. It was aimed at the masses. I wanted to write something that everyone could sing along to, like a football chant. And at the same time, I thought it would be nice to have a winning song that's meant for everybody. It worked a treat.