In music, silence is more important than sound.

I gave the album [You're Under Arrest] to Quincy Jones and he loved "D Train". We couldn't call it "D Train"; it's called "MDI/Something's On Your Mind/MD2". That's on the album.

To keep creating you have to be about change.

I said to [Lionel] Richie, "Man, my wife says you must really respect women because you write such beautiful love songs."

It's not the note you play that's the wrong note - it's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.

Music is an addiction.

It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.