When I was in the studio with Madonna, we would work 12-hour days. If you want to work with the best, then that's what you have to do.

Let their music skill speak for [itself]. If they are producing good tracks and are resonating with their fans, or even gaining new fans, then that's great.

All of the artists that I've worked with have an incredible work ethic. And Madonna has the best work ethic of them all. I've learned a lot from being around her.

I am here for 5 days to enjoy myself and rest. Israel is a beautiful country and the audience is full of passion and I enjoy everything there is here.

I'm about to start working with a singer I met on my last trip: she'll get international exposure, and I'll have a song out in that market sung in Cantonese.

I think anybody that is going to be taken seriously in [music] industry needs to produce their own original music.

I've been going to China every year now for more than a decade.