David Geffen

[On being told that he should be an agent with him having no acting ‘gifts’. And saying that you need to know absolutely nothing to be an agent.] I thought that’s the job for me.

Of course it scored well! It was all fags and old people!

Starting a new studio was a thrilling challenge, but it was more stressful than fun. I never took a salary, a bonus or expenses. I learned never to do anything you’re not passionate about.

[On Lou Adler] Lou really had a production deal called a label, whereas we had a real label. We had a great many artists, whereas he had very few. Lou also produced most of the stuff that came out on Ode. We were not producers.

The think I remember most about Brooklyn was how much I wanted to get out of Brooklyn.

Do any of us really have a clue? We don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow. Or what word will come up in a conversation that will change our lives. You can be in the shower and scrubbing under your arm and find a lump that wasn’t there yesterday. I’m doing things here and now. Life is evolving. Every day life evolves.

Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to doDon’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.

We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. We have the power to imagine better.

Due diligence equals increasing your financial IQ daily.

Moving from survival to stability, from stability to success, from success to significance.

At the still-point in the center of the circle one can see the infinite in all things.

Wisdom is your perspective on life, your sense of balance, your understanding of how the various parts and principles apply and relate to each other. It embraces judgment, discernment, comprehension. It is a gestalt or oneness, and integrated wholeness.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.

Maybe I shouldn’t have these dreams and aspirations. Maybe I should have given up on life ten years ago and stopped fighting for my truth.

Getting up and moving forward is a choice.

Fortune sides with him who dares.

I wasn’t satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement.

An obstacle is often a stepping stone.

You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful, positive, life-changing content and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.