“There are times in all of our lives when a reliance on gut or intuition just seems more appropriate – when a particular course of action just feels right.”

We’re very simple people at Apple. We focus on making the world’s best products and enriching people’s lives.

Companies that get confused, that think their goal is revenue or stock price or something. You have to focus on the things that lead to those.

No one should have a key that turns a billion locks. It shouldn’t exist.

Life is fragile. We’re not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you’ve got.

Our new watches are made entirely of double super gold. They are just a piece of gold that you can wear to the left, right, or directly on top of the other gold you own.

Price is rarely the most important thing. A cheap product might sell some units.

Creativity and innovation are something you can’t flowchart out. Some things you can, and we do, and we’re very disciplined in those areas. But creativity isn’t one of those.

I learned that focus is key. Not just in your running a company, but in your personal life as well.

What makes Siri cool is she has a personality.

And that’s what everyone at Apple is focused on – pushing forward and creating the future.

The longer the meeting, the less is accomplished.

We say no to great ideas in order to keep the amount of things we focus on very small in number so that we can put enormous energy behind the ones we do choose…..It’s not just saying yes to the right products, it’s saying no to many products that are good ideas, but just not nearly as good as the other ones.

Without encryption, you and I wouldn’t be able to do our banking online.

We’re talking about a world where the PC is no longer the center, but just a devicewhere your new devices need to be more portable, more personal.

We do a lot of things for reasons besides profit motive. We want to leave the world better than we found it.

The largest lesson I learned from Steve was that the joy in life is in the journey, and I saw him live this every day.

Scotland should be nothing less than equal with all the other nations of the world.

Only 4 percent of all the companies owned in Scotland have their head offices in Scotland.

People who win go outside of that box. It’s very simple when you look at it.

We all tend to be in the same circles – people like my Wu-Tang brothers, or Black Thought from The Roots.

All that stuff about heavy metal and hard rock, I don’t subscribe to any of that. It’s all just music.

Not all teammates tell the truth.

Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe.

Everything I hear influences me. I can’t tell you all my influences as a musician.