Commercial music, for the most part, is popular music and you always have to keep that in mind.

The reality is, some people don't want you to change or go anywhere different.

Unfortunately, a lot of executives aren't like producers, and can't hear the diamond in the rough.

Music was what I always wanted to do and I was one of the lucky few to achieve my ambition and earn a living from it for which I'm very grateful.

I would say that I've been lucky. Being blessed and not really ever giving up.

You can find a diamond in the rough a lot of times.

I'm continuing to produce and will start a new record soon, as well.

I usually prepare a track and then I work with the artist when it's time to do the vocals.

The most exciting thing for all of us is movies and movie stars.

But a lot of the old fans are listening to a lot of the younger music. So I gotta keep moving forward, and they'll move forward too.

When I was in top 40 bands, I always had to learn new material and new styles.

Does light go faster when it goes downhill?

Do you know what the difference is between PR and advertising? Advertising is when you say how great you are. PR is when other people say how great you are. PR is better.

Fortunately, I'm in a band with people who really like and respect each other personally.That makes this whole experience so much better.

Homage to Michael Snow's environmental sculpture 'Blind.' The film proposes analogies, in imitation of 3 historic montage styles, for three perceptual modes mimed by that work.

I am from the inner city, the ghetto. If I can use my platform to carry on a legacy and talk about something that's real, I have to do that, period.

It is weakness which breeds fear, and fear breeds distrust.

First, it is not unimportant that the legislative texts of the Old Testament are placed in the mouth of Moses and within the narrative framework of the sojourn at Sinai.

The dependence of one people upon another, even for the benefits of legislation, is the deepest source of national weakness.

There are three Bachs. Johann, Sebastian and Offen.

If you do not understand how finances are functioning, you are in a very precarious situation, at least concerning long-term survival.