I didn't want to be a big record mogul and all that stuff…

In the back of your mind, when you say you want to write music for the movies, you're saying that you want a big…

— Bill Conti

I think that's an interesting point of being a songwriter, is to write songs that make people think.

— Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi

I'd say, at the end of the day, you know, from a songwriting practice standpoint, you write songs to make yourself feel something true…

— Ben Hopkins

Artists are perceptive, but they choose to write songs or make movies or paint pictures rather than simply keeping private diaries.

— Jon Pareles

I wanted to write songs about other people because I was sick of myself, basically. I didn't like myself very much. 'Ghostwriting' became an…

— Jens Lekman

I never really wanted to be an artist. I just really wanted to write songs. But, of course, I can't get placement unless I…

— Bryson Tiller

[E]very time you think the entertainment moguls have hit rock bottom, they reach for the jackhammer and rat-a-tat-tat a little deeper.

— Ellen Goodman

When I think about moguls, I think like Donald Trump who... owns NYC practically. That's a mogul. I feel like I'm on my way…

— Tyra Banks

The current moguls understand that true media power lies not in firing up our outrage, as Hearst did, but in befuddling it or tranquilizing…

— Richard Schickel

I have seen business moguls achieve their ultimate goals but still live in frustration, worry, and fear. What's preventing these successful people for being…

— Tony Robbins

The truth is that the celebrities that transitioned into being business moguls or launching a brand have to be very smart, or at least…

— Erin Foster

There are no living beings who exert more power over others, pound for pound, than tiny babies and extremely thin moguls.

— Stanley Bing

Would movie moguls release a film portraying Adolph Hitler as a great benefactor of the Jews? Hardly. Would they release a movie if the…

— Donald Wildmon

If you treat people with dignity, respect and friendliness, you can turn enemies into friends. An enemy is nothing but a friend in disguise.

— Ted Turner

My role now is as an artist and as a mogul to inspire and give others opportunities.

— Ja Rule