David Geffen

I think everybody thought I was crazy that I quit my job and started a management company in which I was managing one client – Laura Nyro.

It’s not a very big thing to say, ‘I made a mistake’ on the war, and typical of Hillary Clinton that she can’t.

[In 1972] At the moment, we’re getting the same thrill from seeing the Eagles, Jackson Browne, Jo Jo Gunne, and Judee Sill happen… It’s as hard to do it with Jackson Browne as it was to do it with Joni five years ago.

I’ve earned all this money. I’ve worked for it. I didn’t cheat anybody. I didn’t issue junk bonds and put people out of work. I earned it. And I live relatively modestly given my level of success and wealth.

[To Jimmy Webb] You’re really interested in a career? Wow, I just thought you were some guy who hung out in Las Vegas with Connie Stevens.

People who are fools don’t get successful, and they don’t get to be successful if they are worried about their popularity.

At least when the race starts he knows where they’re all at, ’cause they’re in front of him. Better to do it today than tomorrow.

I want to thank my parents for somehow raising me to have confidence that is disproportionate with my looks and abilities.

To play June, I had an immediate connect with her background and culture. We grew up with the same religion and shared a lot of the same values of family and spirituality. But I was really so inspired by what a modern woman she was.

The memories of a man in his old age, are the deeds of a man in his prime.

I’m not worried about legacy. I don’t even know what that actually means. I don’t think anyone knows. I hope at some point in my career when my name is mentioned, someone will say “Oh yeah he has a good song!” I’d be happy with that.

When you go to the Oscars, don’t dress like you’re never going to go anywhere again. Don’t take such a big swing.

[on Kylie Jenner’s cover shoot] I need a half hour to cry

Well, once we finish something, I can’t really listen to it because all I hear are problems.

Even with my wife, I see her as a representation, as a Marie Antoinette of our time.

A man becomes as attractive as an attractive woman when he becomes successful and is publicly noted. Power’s an aphrodisiac.

It feels so great to be back on the scene.

I can’t believe you recently had a baby. How do you do it? [pause] The baby starts to come down…and once that happens you can’t-it comes out. Whether you let it or not, the baby comes out. So that’s how I did it.

There’s no substitute to being successful on an actual chart.

I’ve still got a twinkle in me.

Everything we do needs to be exceptional – if it’s not exceptional we don’t put it out there, because the biggest high for us is when we read comments from our customers saying that they can’t live without them.