On Intentionally Creating in Front of the World

"If you create while the whole world is watching, you’re not really creating, you’re playing up to the cameras in your own reality show." —Amir Said

The Work of Good and Great Ideas

"Good ideas are the work of inspiration. Great ideas are the work of revision." —Amir Said

New York City, the Billboard

"New York City is a billboard of dreams won and deferred, a cruel and wonderful joke. Ignore this to your peril." —Amir Said

On Research

"Research is an intense endeavor. I reserve a high level of respect for those who embark upon its shores." —Amir Said

Some Music Critics Have Lost It, and it Shows

When older music critics break their reviewers neck to cosign “the youth” of today, it says more about their fear of being old and their dwindling tastemaker influence than it does about their ability to identify quality music.
—Amir Said

New Year's Success Plan

"The only successful New Year's plan is a flexible one." — Amir Said

Extraordinary Leaps

"Dream Hampton continues to reconfirm my belief that extraordinary leaps are made by first closely measuring the steps of those who made it possible for you to jump." — Amir Said

The 'American Way of Life'

"The 'American way of life' depends on: a middle class, a poverty class, and millions of people voting against their own self-interest." — Amir Said

Army of Individuals Bring Art to Life

"In the both the movie and music businesses, there are an army of individuals responsible bringing art to life. What's one of the biggest differences between the two? In the movie business the "crew" is respected. In the music business the "frauds" are respected." —Sa'id (Amir Said)