The only person I have regrets about is Miles Davis. He and I had become good friends after we did a photo shoot and coincidentally we kept running into each other at parties and stuff. I regret not having written a hit for Miles Davis.

Bands always call me when they are in need of a boost and I come in and put them back on top.

With Sumthin Else Music Works, I wanted to spread the love and give newcomers a chance to make it because something that really helped me were all the people who had given me an opportunity when I was putting my career together.

Art is something that opens up and enhances your emotions and that's what I like to think I'm doing.

I think the hardest thing to overcome is judging yourself and being your own worst critic so to speak.

Almost all the producers I know and dig, like Quincy Jones or Brian Eno, are really musicians first. I'm a composer, an orchestrator, an arranger and a musician first. I know how to write and rewrite songs, and the genius is really in the rewriting.

I would play hooky from school and spend all day in the movie theaters. Consequently, I learned satire in all its subtle forms.