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That's the best thing that classic can do, is it can return to us from our own past to give us lessons about the future, and it can give us a sense of both who we were and who we could become.

If you want to live a memorable life, you have to be the kind of person who remembers to remember.

So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it's gratifying to have something you have done linger in people's memories.

That's really important to me - creating moments that last forever.

Not everyone can say, 'I'm going to write a classic today.' If that was the case, we'd all be doing it.

When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.

You can't get anymore classic than being a part of a Disney animated film. To me, that's something I can have in my back pocket for the rest of my life. I'll be able to show it to my kids. I'll be walking around Disneyland, and it'll be bizarre to shake hands with Rapunzel.

A classic is a book that doesn't have to be written again.

You can embrace nostalgia and history and tradition at the same time - it has to progress or it can't survive.

My advice to new artists is to embrace a broader concept of timelessness than vintage or retro.