The new independent spirit at Warner Music is a perfect fit for a stand-alone label like Maverick.

I've been collecting photos for a long time, I mean since I started making money. But what you have had to go through to find a good photo is like a needle in the haystack sometimes. You'll drive from one gallery to the next gallery to the next gallery. It's not an easy process. It's a very ancient model that just hasn't caught up with the times.

The labels are in a jam. For a company to do well in music now, it's got to be in all aspects of the business. And Live Nation is the risk-taker. It's leading the charge.

I am an Israeli-born American citizen.

Dance music is Madonna's base. It's what she likes, it's what she listens to. It's not anything other than that. She doesn't read what's on the charts. And if it's on time, great. This is who she is.

I'm a huge fan of Geffen records. Everything about them - their artists, their videos, their marketing.

One of the things that I've learned working with Madonna is you just move forward. It's really rare that she ever brings up the past.