Art, well good art at least, takes you to a place you go during the experience of it, and then after you experience it you are different.

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

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.

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.

In today's world, I probably would like to work with someone like Gaga.

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

Trust me, the only real way to understand 'Chic' is in highfalutin terms. Our chord progressions were based on European modal melodies. I made those early 'Chic' records to impress my jazz friends.