I like involved projects. I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical.

Hair is gray and the firers are burning. So many dreams on the shelf. You say I wanted you to be proud of me. I always wanted that myself.

Girls you've gotta know when it's time to turn the page.

This was a time frame when dance music and clubs were having a real impact on culture, and it had an impact on me.

There are two ways to wake up. You can wake up thinking about what you know, or you wake up thinking and saying 'What can I learn?.' That's a very different approach.

Somebody will come backstage and go, 'You saved me.' And I will have to say, 'Stop right there. You saved yourself.'

There's room for everybody on the planet to be creative and conscious if you are your own person. If you're trying to be like somebody else, then there is isn't.