It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I've done.

We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.

If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music - unless it's Billie Holiday.

I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.

Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.

I hate tooting my own horn, but after Steven Spielberg saw Yentl, he said: "I wish I could tell you how to fix your picture, but I can't. It's the best film I've seen since Citizen Kane".

I just don't want to be hampered by my own limitations.