I have to say I have never been comfortable with somebody else telling me what to do - in any way.

As I got older, my voice got better.

Nobody's going to sell 10 million records by not working hard.

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

Everybody who I ever cared about has told me that they like my music: Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Al Green, The Spinners, Smokey Robinson. Everybody that matters.

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.

Traditionally, duos get accused of lots of things.