"Let's talk about picking yourself. All of us are surrounded by people who can't wait to be picked. Authors used to need to be on Oprah, we want to be picked by our local political party. We want to be picked our boss. We get picked, which authorizes us to do art.
But gatekeepers don't have all the power anymore. If you want to make a record, make a record. Put it on iTunes. Pick yourself. If you want to write, write. Build a blog. If you want to start a software company, you don't need a permit, you don't need anything. You just start it. And so we see authors and writer and singers and entrepreneurs and anyone who wants to, because we're all one clock away from each other. Raise your hand and say, "I'm in. Here's what I make. Here's what I do." Don't be so desperate to be picked."