I don't make culture. I sell it.
I'm a survivor in a business that constantly rejects you.
Music is the soundtrack of your life.
The faultless formulas of television-the ones that last-are simple.
The problem is when you try to impose today's standards on people living back then. It's the politically correct thing to do, but it was a different era, a different country then.
Last year I had a stroke. It left me in bad shape. I had to teach myself how to walk and talk all over again. It was a long hard fight. My speech is not perfect but I'm getting there.