I couldn't turn down The Rolling Stones. A real man would never turn down the chance of working with legends like them.

Men are shallow - we don't remember things like women do. Or we don't bring it up and blurt it out at inappropriate moments. When bridges are trying to be built, we don't detonate them.

Lots of people say it's the song. For me, it's not always the song - there's something bigger: the spirit of an artist.

There is very little genuine rock and roll out there at the moment - but Steve Conte has hit the nail on the head with this one!

I really need to push myself and try my hardest every time, because I come from the premise that I'm not very good and I have to give my best. Otherwise, I don't deliver.

I can't make two records at the same time. Whatever I do, I have to concentrate on and put everything in, because if I don't, I'm just not good.

My personality is very good for nurturing. I'm very empathetic to my artists. You speak to anyone who's worked with me and they'll say, "Oh yeah, Steve's great. He doesn't have the ego."

For me, the singer is actually the most important element. When I work with someone, it all comes down to whether I like the singer or not.

I am not a rock producer. I don't see that. I once turned down Guns N' Roses. I don't like shouting. I'm a melody guy. I love great melody.

I am completely serious. When I decide to do something, I decide to really do it.

I do believe in art and commerce coming together.

The wise shall learn.

The power of fiction is a great thing. But, after all, reality is just a little more important.

You know who you are. You have always been other.

There is plenty of courage among us for the abstract but not for the concrete.

Forgive me if I stare, I knew you were young, but even then I was expecting someone a little more, well, more.

Cut the pie any way you like, "meanings" just ain't in the head!

That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slow, endures.

These critics organize and practice in my case a sort of obsessive personality cult which philosophers should know how to question and above all, to moderate.

The more you forget yourself, the more Jesus will think of you.

To me, hip hop will never be right until female rappers have a stronger voice in it.