I know so few people who actually give music their undivided attention, so I've been trying to just park myself on the couch between the speakers and listen.

Pop music is a fashion, and fashions come and go. The public retires you as their tastes change.

I think the music business is becoming more difficult. It's really taken a big hit with piracy, so it's a lot more difficult. I mean, it was kind of an impractical career choice when I did it 25 years ago, but nowadays it's truly reckless.

It's very important that you never depend on money to fulfill your creative vision. If you do that, you're doomed to fail.

I'm not in a position in my career where I turn things down. I'm very easy. So the projects often dictate the direction you will go in. I welcome things that challenge me.

I got fed up with being in bands. I spent a couple of years touring the country in a smoked filled band, doing lots of drugs and being really unhealthy.

If I had kids, I don't think I would recommend they pursue a career in music.