Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record.

In today's world, I probably would like to work with someone like Gaga.

What do great artists do when you see a world around you that's in turmoil? Some of the best artists make you feel good (hah), they look to the future.

If something is worth doing, it's worth overdoing.

After waiting four long years since the Lost CHIC Tapes were recovered, I'm finally putting out our first record. I'm like a child waiting for Christmas morning.

I think the hardest thing to overcome is judging yourself and being your own worst critic so to speak.

Art, well good art at least, takes you to a place you go during the experience of it, and then after you experience it you are different.

Bands always call me when they are in need of a boost and I come in and put them back on top.

It feels like my job is to support people. I support great artists. When I worked with a symphony, I sat in the third chair, not the first chair.

Any real record person knows that the number one most powerful marketing tool when it comes to music is repetition.

If I could live in one city and do every single thing I do there, I would choose Venice. You can't turn your head without seeing something amazing.

I don't necessarily agree with everything that I say.

Among the top ten things I've learned in life: when your hair stylist is having a bad day, reschedule.

Life's values originate in circumstances over which the individual has no control.

Deep down, you see, I long to be arcane, esoteric. I would love to confound people with their own language.

I assume this is all part of some brutally simplistic plan you've thought up?" "Yes." "Oh, good.

God's first line of defense - and offense - for every situation is prayer.

I seek the truth...it is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance that does harm.

Anything can happen; this is the very rule of this universe! The best defence against this rule is this: Don't panic!

You're as close to heaven as I'll ever be.

The second is that the role of China trade in Japanese economy, important as it is, has often been exaggerated, as proven by our experience of the past 6 years.