It is at least 10 times more difficult to get a good synthesiser sound than on an acoustic instrument.

Disco is music for dancing, and people will always want to dance.

Disco does work better with black artists or players. They just feel it more.

I would not be happy to do what I do unless I felt that the large audience wanted it.

In both pop and disco, the meaning of the lyrics is not too important. I have nothing I feel I particularly want to say.

It is at least 10 times more difficult to get a good synthesiser sound than on an acoustic instrument.

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