After waiting four long years since the Lost CHIC Tapes were recovered, I'm finally putting out our first record. I'm like a child waiting for Christmas morning.

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.

You can't be afraid until you have no other option but to be afraid.

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

I really do love pop. I understand songwriting, I understand the business, and I'm not stuck in any one particular time period.

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

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.