It's quite funny that, 20 years ago, one would have thought putting out a fragrance would [negatively] affect your musical credibility. Now it may enhance it.

I like to think Duke Ellington would probably embrace a fragrance as well.

All those rappers, they're the only glamorous people working in music now. They dress up in these chains of gold, cars, girls and this and that, high-heeled shoes.

I didn't really want to give up music.

I met John Lennon and he was with his wife in Tokyo. I met him there.

I can never predict what's going to happen.

But when I started writing songs, I stopped painting completely, and the only art things I do are connected to the career, like album sleeves and, to some extent, posters and things like that.