In fact, everything I do is about the conceptualizing and realization of a piece of work, whether it's the recording or the performance side.

A lot of people provide me with quotes. They suggest all kinds of things to say and I do, really, because I'm not very hip at all.

There was a time in America not long ago when rock 'n' roll was called race music, and white kids who wanted to go see Chuck Berry were completely forbidden.

Once I've written something it does tend to run away from me. I don't seem to have any part of it - it's no longer my piece of writing.

But I'm pretty good with collaborative thinking. I work well with other people.

I thought that I could do some kind of vehicle involving rock musicals and presenting rock and characters and storyline in a completely different fashion.

If we could be heroes, if just for one day.