Tom Freston Quotes

I wanted to make sure to always stay current, try to find new material and stay with the modern techniques.

Would you like to go to a doctor who had taken his last medical course in 1948? You have to keep changing and keep learning so that you are constantly challenging yourself, adding a few new songs to your program every chance you get. If you don't, the world will pass you by.

Always, in your career and personal life, be evolving with technology.

The Roots want to dip our toes into everything in the arts.

You never really stop learning. You have to experiment and reinvent life to sustain your interest.

I always say, 'Be near science and technology, and you will never fail.'

There are geniuses, savants; I'm not one of them. I work hard, I see where popular culture's going to move, but I've gotta keep having information pumped into me. I look under every rock.

I'm always working and coming up with new and fresh ideas to keep my fans engaged and keep myself relevant.

I've always been a little scared of technology, which is why I explore it.

Too often, the music business allowed third-party companies to innovate for us - and that simply does not work anymore.

As humans, we've always innovated our way out of problems, whether it was the first torch to light a dark cave or the steam engine that sparked a revolution.

I'm not one for conventional wisdom. I founded my label in 1998, but after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, my Japanese backers pulled out, and I couldn't afford to produce the line myself. I needed fresh ideas from someone who understood technology, since that was the direction the business was going.

I liked the challenge of designing and building things, figuring out how something works and how to make it better or apply it in a different way.

If you don't stay up with technology, you're gonna fall out of the loop and not make any money.

With technology, everything is available at the touch of a button. But I'm not someone whose world revolves around trends. I like to be unique in whatever I do.

It's every teacher's job to be rigorous about constantly being open to new ideas and innovation.

You've got to do a lot of research. That's the biggest thing: I try to gather as much information as I can to maximize myself. Because if you're just standing still, you're going to be a dinosaur and everyone else will go around you. That's like my biggest fear.

People see the speed; people see the innovation, the relentless innovation, and that's what Google is about.

I don't really think about film or television or going directly to the internet. I just think about doing something that people are going to get excited about.

It's important to keep up with technology, to constantly move with it. Striving to do so keeps me alert and creates a sense of fluidity but at the same time I like to distance myself from it. It's key for my process to try and remain outside the bubble.

If there's something you want to build, but the tech isn't there yet, just find the closest possible way to make it happen.

I refuse to write the same story twice. I keep experimenting. I keep learning how to work. I've been at it pretty much 50 years, and I'm now beginning to learn how to do the job well.

My only two constants are to challenge myself and to try not to repeat myself.

If we want America to stay on the cutting edge, we need young Americans to master the tools and technology that will change the way we do just about everything.

You need to reinvent yourself every day when you are doing creative work. I always say that the moment I feel I'm at the top of the mountain and I cannot do more, I would be finished. So that's why I always feel the earth quake beneath my feet. I always feel myself on the fire. Because I think this is something that gives you the right adrenaline to work and go forward in your professional life. I have reinvented myself, believe me, many times in my life!