Giving up control is a big step for an artistic director.

And if you don't think that way, then you've given up control over the decisions of your life to somebody else.

In the late 1980s he gave up day-to-day control of the company.

The secret is to accept that you have to give up control over your child.

"I can't imagine that Congress will give up control of those programs," he said.

"The family has always been reluctant to give up control."

To do so, she gave up control of the carpet.

It was obviously hard for him to give up control, to turn himself over to her.

They were not ready to give up control over Google.

And he wanted to be able to cash in on his life's work without giving up control.