Once you free your mind about the concept of harmony and of music being correct, you can do whatever you want. So nobody told me what to do, and there was no preconception of what to do.

Phil Ramone is very special. Barbra Streisand or Diana Ross... they are the best.

Once you free your mind about the concept of harmony and of music being correct, you can do whatever you want. So nobody told me what to do, and there was no preconception of what to do.

In pop or rock you can make a fast song or a slow one, but in disco there is really just the one rhythm.

I am reluctant to judge things without being informed.

My music was typically continental - nothing like, say, The Beatles.

Every business is there to make money, and making a record is business. This tends to be forgotten by many.