I'm a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.

All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.

A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.

Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.

I don't deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn't deserve that, either. So I'll keep it.

To me it's no accident that all the symphony orchestras around the world tune up to the note A. And A is 440 cycles, except in Germany where it's 444. But the universe is 450 cycles. So what I'm trying to say is, I think it's God's voice, melody especially. Counterpoint, retrograde inversion, harmony... that's the science and the craft.

I'm just a musician and a record producer.