Passion should meet your professional life, and I'm a living, breathing testament to that.
— Bozoma Saint John
I've never made a move that I didn't feel was right in my gut.
Apple is a unique company in that the art and the science sit together very nicely. There's an appreciation for both sides of the brain.
I've broken through many walls and glass ceilings.
I want to hear LeBron James's Uber stories.
I believe in manifesting the words that are coming out of my mouth. I'm very careful with what I say because the intention is then out in the universe.
Any criticism, you should pay attention to. Whether you accept it and change or you take it and move on is the choice, but criticism is not a bad thing.
Even now, when people ask me, 'Why did you take the job at Uber?' I say because my gut told me to.
Instagram is a blessing - I love to post about everything I'm doing. The explore page is magical.
When I first walked into Uber, it was very difficult because people were unsure about what was going to happen - there was a real sense of powerlessness.
It's very personal to me and doesn't work for everybody, but what I have found in my experience is that when I make pro and con lists, it's usually because I am trying to talk myself out of a good idea or talk myself into a really bad one.
I don't know if I'm ever considered a part of the community I'm in.
I'm following the path that was destined for me.
When I was in the 10th grade, I decided to run for a position on the student council with the campaign slogan 'Nuthin but a Boz thang,' so you might say joining Beats Music is like coming full circle.
I'm a great napper. I nap in a lot of places.
I've been told that I overshare. Sometimes I get criticized for it, but how else would I be if not all of me?
Brands mean different things for different generations.
Pop culture and entertainment can be dismissed as surface, but it's not. It's the language we all speak, and it's the connection point between people all over the world.
I think women have a unique talent for being able to see the forest and the trees at the same time.
Apple Music is a living, breathing brand.
It's our job as marketers and brand professionals to nurture the brand and calm it down when it's angry and to encourage when it's trying to grow.
I think it's interesting how you can associate a creative brand with a human being and use some of the good qualities of the human being and make it like a really tangible product that a lot of people can love.
I want to listen to my Apple Music on my iPhone. I also want to listen to it on my iPad. I want to play it on my Apple TV; I want to be connected everywhere I go. It fits into the puzzle of everything that is Apple, and, therefore, it should not be seen as some sort of separate entity that is trying to find its way.
If you are in a hiring position, hire someone that is nothing like you. We keep looking for the commonalities, but find someone with commonalities that are nothing like you.
I don't think it's any secret that there's a lack of diversity in Silicon Valley. But that, to me, is actually quite beautiful. It allows me to be fully me because there is no one else to look at and say, 'Oh, I should be more like that.'
I'm living out my dreams every day.
The adage is true: Walk a mile in my shoes - or drive a mile in my car. There is nothing quite like sitting in the seat yourself.
I think a lot of women have felt really powerless.
Companies can change. Culture can change.
I've never taken the easy route. I don't even know what that is!
I have known Tiffany R. Warren for many years, and we have always shared the goal to promote diversity and inclusion in the creative industries.
I don't even know how to behave without my sleep. I would be a horrible person to be around - cranky.
When I was growing up, the brands that were most powerful were people brands, like Michael Jackson or Madonna. They stood for something that, perhaps, wasn't wholly who they were, which then became an image that they sold. That's still a brand to me.
I do think brands are like people.
Working at Uber, I see opportunity and potential.
I don't fear challenge.
Obviously, as a marketer, I love to work with brands that aren't static, that have life and personality.
I'm a woman. I'm black. I am passionate. I am transparent.
I'm such a brand nerd.
Human curation allows you to have the emotion and feel music, because it is a very emotional thing. It makes you feel happy; it helps you when you are feeling sad, gets you pumped up, calms you down.
There is something to be said about taking the risk. We all know that is where the greatest reward is.
Live today as if you don't have tomorrow: my husband was diagnosed and killed by cancer within six months.
I bite my nails.
Everyone is going to be skeptical if they don't know what is happening.
If I can be in a position of power and influence, and be able to make my present better, then I want to do that.
Bringing your whole self to work is the mantra for me as I sit in my office and do the work, and it's also the mantra as I look out at the community that I'm trying to brand for Uber.
I've worked hard for my life. No one gave me anything.
We have to find ways to create content that folks want to see.
I love sleep so much. That's the one thing I won't sacrifice. I really cannot.
Part of our human nature is finding new ways of being.
