“Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles.”

“I could play it safe by recording songs that are familiar, but am I expanding myself as an artist by doing covers? It's a catch-22. It's called show business: The word 'business' is in it, and you've got to be a businessman. But then again, you have to be true to yourself as an artist.”

“In business for yourself, not by yourself.”

“I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment.”

“The real killers in the business world aren't the ones who aim for the top, it's the ones who aim for two notches below the top.”

“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”

“If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.”

“I do seem to like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.”

“Behind every small business, there's a story worth knowing. All the corner shops in our towns and cities, the restaurants, cleaners, gyms, hair salons, hardware stores - these didn't come out of nowhere.”