There have been records I've been really, really pleased with that haven't connected with people. But I felt good about them.

A lot of young artists and musicians that we work with, you think they're gonna want to come in and buy the rock star-looking leather jacket - whatever it is that you think they're gonna want. They all want a suit. They want a tuxedo jacket, they want a suit. They don't want to look like their dad in it, but they want a suit.

I'm very, very open to experimenting with different people and trying to find different methods of writing and making music.

I'm still a mod, I'll always be a mod, you can bury me a mod.

You have to keep challenging yourself. I've always tried to do that, and I'm not saying I've always been successful. Maybe I've rewritten the same song; it's inevitable, but I've always been mindful of taking the writing somewhere else. You can't stick in your little comfort zone.

I play out my role, I've even been out walking -They tell me that it helps, but I know when I'm beaten.

There are so many artists who get to my age that get comfortable and just stick in a groove, and I really don't want to do that.