Michael Jackson is a cake-and-eat-it kind of guy. He has never recognized or accepted the fact that when you shove yourself in people's face, they're not going to look just at the part you're showing them. People want to see everything that's connected to the face.
Todd RundgrenMost people outside of America won't get it. It's the Easter bunny. It's another lie and I don't understand why we had to invent this character.
Todd RundgrenThere are still people who believe in that and wake up every day believing it's possible, and invest their whole selves in that.
Todd RundgrenI know that I could make this world peaceful and calm, if I only could get my hands on a hydrogen bomb.
Todd RundgrenI've got billions of sparrows to worry about as well as everything else'. So there's the whole idea that whatever it is that you believe, it can never be valid unless you have some consensus reality demonstration.
Todd RundgrenArtists should re-emphasize performance and de-emphasize recording. You always make more money if you have a healthy performing life than you will if you have even a moderately healthy recording life. Don't make recording the most important thing you do. Make performing the most important thing you do, and then you can make recordings and sell them at your shows, because record labels aren't going to be around to help you get on the radio stations, and the radio stations probably aren't going to play you anyway.
Todd Rundgren