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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think the only way to achieve something that's classic is to be in the moment. You don't sit around and think, 'Oh, I hope this is remembered forever!' You just have to be honest, and I think that requires being in the moment.
A classic is a book that doesn't have to be written again.
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.
You can embrace nostalgia and history and tradition at the same time - it has to progress or it can't survive.
If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic.
Think about it: No matter who you are, the past plays a large part in your life. I am all about living in the present as best as I can. Try as I might, there is only so much I am able to achieve on this front.
A book doesn't have to be a literary classic, of course, to change us forever.
My advice to new artists is to embrace a broader concept of timelessness than vintage or retro.
When you have such a huge past, a big background as we have, you can play off that - a lot of people do. But we felt we wouldn't have a legitimate future unless we put something new together.
Not everyone can say, 'I'm going to write a classic today.' If that was the case, we'd all be doing it.
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