Shear Quotes

Who would you talk to? That is the first question for almost any startup that you need to answer. Who is my user and where am I going to find them? — Emmett Shear

I think I could sing and shear a few sheep at the same time. — Robert Plant

Recording interviews is like magic. a) It stops you from taking notes in the middle and b) you can play that recording for people. — Emmett Shear

Why do it, just because I can? That's kind of crazy. — Jules Shear

I taught myself how to play when I was about 13. I'm a lefty. — Jules Shear

I don't know too many people because I stay at my house, I write songs, I go to the store. — Jules Shear

The same people who never did their homework in high school are still doing that to this very day out in the real world. — Jules Shear

Of course, to be truly 'surveillance free' required unpredictability or its cousin, spontaneity. — Jeff Shear

The most common mistakes are showing people your product- don't show them your product, it's sort of like telling them bout a feature. — Emmett Shear

I wasn't really eight anymore. The day you know danger and fear, and know that you are alone, is the day you grow, if not up, then old. — Claudia Shear

People who are using your product and putting up with all these issues, means that they are not actually the biggest problems. — Emmett Shear

Users think they know what they want, but you get the horseless carriage effect where you're getting asked for a faster horse. — Emmett Shear

I love to get people to sing and play together. — Jules Shear

Most of us would kill ourselves if we were as talent-free as Elizabeth Hurley. — Claudia Shear

I made this record without a record label. — Jules Shear

The nice thing about true hopelessness is that you don't have to try again. — Jules Shear

There's no bigger gaming franchise on the console than 'Call of Duty', and we can't wait to see what the community can create with this new tool. — Emmett Shear

I tend to think of all the songs the same - I give them all kind of equal rights. — Jules Shear

People don't like silence, so they'll keep talking to fill the void. — Emmett Shear

The other mistake I think people make is talking to who's available rather than talking to who they need to talk to. — Emmett Shear

A person like Carole King could make up something, change it, and actually improve it. — Jules Shear

The pool of people you care about is going to shift over time. — Emmett Shear

Behind every great woman is a great behind! — Rhonda Shear

In things a moderation keep; Kings ought to shear, not skin, their sheep. — Robert Herrick

Rewriting to me means, if I work on it for three days, I've rewritten it. — Jules Shear

You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim

The crucial people to get your product started for the first 6 months are not who will be using it 3 years later. — Emmett Shear

Things kind of happen organically with me. — Jules Shear

Some gigs will go great. I figure you do a gig, and as many as can get there will get there. — Jules Shear

You can butcher the sheep only once. But if you are careful, you can shear the sheep every year. — Elizabeth Gilbert

To be a good shepherd is to shear the flock, not skin it! — Tiberius

If you just talk to who's easy to talk to, you're not really getting the best data. — Emmett Shear

Great intimates conform to you ... not you to them — Rhonda Shear

The most interesting things you learn in an interviews come from the: 'interesting', 'tell me more' — Emmett Shear

I'll tell you the truth, everything you hear is a lie. — Jeff Shear

It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them. — Tiberius

A goal of Twitch is to be wherever gamers are, whether it's on laptops and handheld devices or integrated into gaming consoles and software. — Emmett Shear

I had 25 or 30 songs. Sequencing the record, I left that to the producer. I'm not into doing that stuff. — Jules Shear

The question is, once you have this idea, is this enough? Is it something people would actually switch just to have? — Emmett Shear

I'm going to play as much as they want me to, as long as I can put up with what they book me. — Jules Shear

The instant they say something you don't expect or already know, you should drop into detective mode. — Emmett Shear

Sales is this cure all for this problem. Get people to give you their credit card and I guarantee you they're actually interested. — Emmett Shear

I'm not really getting too involved. My position is, Here's the record. I'm at your disposal. — Jules Shear

Shouldn't the low strings be at the bottom? — Jules Shear

It's one of the most validating things you can do for a product is go out there and get them to commit to pay you up front. — Emmett Shear

You want to learn about what's already in their heads. You want to avoid putting things there. — Emmett Shear

The one question you can't ask is, is this feature actually good or not? — Emmett Shear

Who you talk to is just as important as what questions you ask and what you pull away from it. — Emmett Shear

I saw Krishnamurti speak one time. And I thought, I'm not going to live here. — Jules Shear

Doing this James Brown thing for the last couple of days has been ideal. But it's a different kind of fun. — Jules Shear

You can shear a sheep many times, but skin him only once. — Mike McDermott

Given the huge number Xbox owners and how many of them love gaming spectatorship, it's a natural fit to bring the Twitch experience to the 360. — Emmett Shear

Everyone has at least one story that will stop your heart. — Claudia Shear

I was living in Woodstock for a long time, and I thought, I got to get out of here, man. — Jules Shear

If you're asking me to compare myself to other people, I don't really know what other people are like. — Jules Shear

People don't come to Asheville very often, and they don't know I'm there. I enjoy it. I like it. — Jules Shear

Fashion absolutely matters, but it doesn't matter absolutely. — Claudia Shear

The bottom string is tuned to an open G. — Jules Shear