The true beauty of music is that it connects people.

I still look good. I'm trippin', but people tell me that all the time. So check it out, I'm 63, and still kicking. I've been putting records out every year.

Back in the day, I used to be in the studio recording 20 hours a day. And that was all of the time. I still record a lot of hours, but I don't go as long as I used to.

I don't like rap that you can't understand. The youth is so quick and alert.

I was with PolyGram; that was the big label that I was with for the longest, like 12 years.

The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.

Artists don't always know. Almost every song I ever recorded that was a hit at the majors that the promotional people picked I didn't think it would be a hit. I was wrong every time!