I was a James Brown junkie as a kid.

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.

I think of myself as a producer who tries to bring the best out of everyone, whether that be an artist, songwriter or a publicist.

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

I'm personally looking for artists that are along the lines of today's pop stars. Whether it be a Rihanna or a Justin Bieber or a Kanye West or a Beyonce or a Lady Gaga, I'm looking for talent that's like that, that's what I love.

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.

World events can shape culture. Music is either a soundtrack for or a narration of changing times. And who knows how that's going to go?