I think the people who did well, or are happy, in a youth industry, they define themselves out of the business after a decade or so.

I prefer the mystic clouds of nostalgia to the real thing, to be honest.

I think that pop, and to some extent rock, are like sport and fashion industry in that they're about the exuberance of youth. That's the sort of subliminal ideology.

There are a lot of composers who were fantastic, but I challenge them to write a record that you could play five times a day for two months on the radio, songs that people will want to dance to on a Saturday night.

The cultural mix that's happened in the United States is wonderful! Funny enough, one of the most wonderful things about it is that there is no American race.

I do think there are deep structural things that are wrong in the world.

The things that I draw on, and the world that I feel part of, aren't particularly youth culture.