Modern music and artistry would look and sound completely different if not for the groundbreaking contributions Michael Jackson gifted to the world.

Popular music has always been rooted in the blues, whether it's Adele or Led Zeppelin or Sam Cooke. It's just the beat that changes.

Modern music and artistry would look and sound completely different if not for the groundbreaking contributions Michael Jackson gifted to the world.

Find your passion... then it is no longer work!

Im one of those foolish people who believe the glory days of the record industry arent behind us. Theyre actually ahead of us.

I was a James Brown junkie as a kid.

The deepest and most sincere feeling I get is when I meet an artist and they have that steel in their eyes and they have that fire and that passion and all they want is to be a star and to hear themselves on the radio.