There are some very real areas where working together is critical, whether it's talking about public policy issues, enforcement, or how to work together to facilitate new business opportunities. The RIAA has gotten much more involved in that.

Music has an intrinsic value that touches Americans - they love their music, and want more.

There's something much more fundamental about Mitt Romney. He seems so old-fashioned when it comes to women, and I think that comes across, and I think that that's going to hurt him over the long term. He just doesn't really see us as equal.

Napster is essentially using the music to make money for themselves and that's the part that's both morally and legally wrong. That I think is more relevant than whether or not I'm losing money.

Unauthorized use of these MP3 files is really creating a problem for artists in the music community.

The Constitution wanted artists to have control over their works because they knew it would create incentive to create more works. That is clearly still the goal.

This is a business built on promotion. We've been giving music away to radio stations for 30 years.