I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.
If we got into a situation where people start burning our records then bring it on. That's the whole point. The gloaming has begun. We're in the darkness. This has happened before. Go read some history.
My songs are my kids. Some of them stay with me some others I have to send...
I've never believed that pop music is escapist trash. There's always a...
I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape.
There is no reason to repeat bad history.
There were various turning points, but the main one at the beginning was...
Look into the heavens and say, “It’s my turn to make history.