The way the clean-up system works is that we let the plastic come to us, using the ocean currents in our advantage.

We're driving the largest cleanup in history.

You solve a problem then get a new one in return.

Rivers are the arteries that carry the trash from land to sea.

To truly rid the oceans of plastic, what we need to do is two things: One, we need to clean up the legacy pollution, the stuff that has been accumulating for decades and doesn't go away by itself. But, two, we need to close the tap, which means preventing more plastic from reaching the oceans in the first place.

It's a very strange experience to be four or five days from the closest point of land, and you see more plastic than life.

You need a group of people who will continually realize that you will run into problems, and for each you will have hundreds or thousands of ways you can approach it.

Taking care of the world's ocean garbage problem is one of the largest environmental challenges mankind faces today.

It was a long journey, but it was also a relief to see that first plastic being caught.

We started solely concentrating on cleaning up the Garbage Patch because we felt it was the most neglected part of the spectrum of solutions.

There are already dozens of organizations working on trying to prevent plastic from going into the ocean, through advocacy, education, awareness, all great work, yet nobody was addressing the stock of existing pollution.

It's never really fun to be in the public spotlight.

The winning concept is the slow-down approach, in which we use a parachute anchor to slow down the system as much as possible, allowing the natural winds and waves to push the plastic into the system.

The legacy, the waste, is mostly in international waters that are sort of in no man's land and thus considered to be no one nation's problem.

To catch the plastic, act like the plastic.

It will be very hard to convince everyone in the world to handle their plastics responsibly, but what we humans are very good in, is inventing technical solutions to our problems.

It's important to stay humble.

I do think brands are like people.

Brands mean different things for different generations.

Part of our human nature is finding new ways of being.

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've been told that I overshare. Sometimes I get criticized for it, but how else would I be if not all of me?

I love sleep so much. That's the one thing I won't sacrifice. I really cannot.

I don't even know how to behave without my sleep. I would be a horrible person to be around - cranky.

I'm a great napper. I nap in a lot of places.

We have to find ways to create content that folks want to see.

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.

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've worked hard for my life. No one gave me anything.

I've never taken the easy route. I don't even know what that is!

I'm following the path that was destined for me.

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.

Companies can change. Culture can change.

I don't know if I'm ever considered a part of the community I'm in.

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.

I think a lot of women have felt really powerless.

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.

Everyone is going to be skeptical if they don't know what is happening.

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.

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.

I bite my nails.

I'm living out my dreams every day.

Instagram is a blessing - I love to post about everything I'm doing. The explore page is magical.

Live today as if you don't have tomorrow: my husband was diagnosed and killed by cancer within six months.

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.'

Even now, when people ask me, 'Why did you take the job at Uber?' I say because my gut told me to.

There is something to be said about taking the risk. We all know that is where the greatest reward is.

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.

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.

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.