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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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