The answer is inside your head; it's easy to find if you take it logically.

Considering yourself selflessly selfish is a principle of all great thinkers

I didn't become a commercially successful artist by design, and actually I think that commercially successful just means, if you analyse it, that a lot of people like you. It's become a dirty word, and I don't necessarily think it needs to be.

You know, I've released some great records and I've released some dogs. But frankly, the fun is in creating the thing.

Beyond a certain point, the music isn't mine anymore. It's yours.

I grew up in the day when the Beatles sold 1 million singles in a week. And all you’ve got to do now is sell about 10,000 singles and you’re in the charts.

Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by that assumption.