Brad Pitt is a DUDE who just wants to make good movies. He's not afraid to surround himself with the greatest actors, which I always appreciate because I've also SEEN actors who only want to surround themselves with weak actors because it makes them LOOK BETTER. That ends up making a poorer MOVIE.

Listen to your inner-voice: Surround yourself with loving, nurturing PEOPLE. FALL in LOVE with your art and find yourself. MUSIC is the GREAT communicator.

If you WANT to surround yourself with a lot of people and be pampered then that is a decision you MAKE yourself. PERSONALLY I don't do it and I don't FEEL the need to do it.

You LEARN as MUCH as you can from the people that you WORK with. That's why you want to surround yourself with the heaviest people that you can possibly GET to.

The most important THING you can do when starting a business is surround yourself with SMART PEOPLE who KNOW a lot more than you do in CERTAIN realms.

You need to accept yourself for who you are and surround yourself with a GOOD GROUP of girl FRIENDS that'll LIFT you up INSTEAD of put you down.

As you learn who you are, you can BETTER surround yourself with friends who MAKE you a better person, and that sometimes only happens when you disassemble OLD relationships.

Surround yourself with POSITIVE PEOPLE.

I PAY a lot of attention to the people I let surround me. I learn SOMETHING from those people and from everyone - from other MUSICIANS, from people on the street.

You don't have to call it God or JESUS. That's religious humbug to a lot of people, but you've gotta BELIEVE that nature and SPIRITUAL things surround us. That is what put us here! I thank the universe for that every day of my LIFE.

I heard about the MOVIE BUSINESS before I EVEN knew what it was. So I surround myself now with people who are like, 'Can we not talk about MOVIES for an hour?'

I THINK the only WAY you LEARN is to surround yourself with PEOPLE that are BETTER than you.

I don't KNOW how all of my friends vote; it doesn't come up. But it would be a LIE to SAY that I don't surround myself with PEOPLE who have a similar moral CODE to mine.

Sometimes there aren't ENOUGH hours, but I have a REALLY strong TEAM, and I surround myself with good people, and they help me out a LOT. I wouldn't be here without them.