Success and failure are equally surprising.

I love antique architecture, so if I have any indulgences, I have owned and renovated and reconstructed a lot of old houses.

When you have that first flash of what you think is going to be a great idea-from the mouth, from the hands-that's an amazing feeling. I don't think anything's quite as good as that.

Every artistic form has its golden age, and unfortunately I think the golden age for whatever I do probably ended about 1990.

I was a pioneer in MTV and I was there from the very beginning. So I saw how that developed and how loose it was and how much fun it was in its looseness. And I was influenced a lot by that.

I was just like a 21st century person waiting to be born, and this is the medium that I thrive in. And I feel stronger now than I did any time since I've been a teenager - I mean, musically, creatively.

If Paul McCartney tells me that so-and-so song is his favorite song, what do I care? What do I care what anybody else says?