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

Any real record person knows that the number one most powerful marketing tool when it comes to music is repetition.

I've been able to be a part of every movement in music over the last several decades. The only one that I haven't been involved in so much is hip-hop, which I chose not to be involved in because it felt like I would be what they called "perpetrating." It felt like hip-hop was so much of its own culture and that I was not part of that culture.

I've had insomnia since I was five years old. I just don't require much sleep. I'm never tired.

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

I grew up in the era of the concept album. What I do now is pick up on singles, and they are their own complete stories; you don't necessarily have to hear the rest of the album because I don't think albums are created like that anymore. They get songs from all over the place.

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