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I wasn't really writing with anything commercial in mind I just wanted to create some new music.

So many things for me are unfortunate in the commercialization of something that is special. It's like when Led Zeppelin appears in Cadillac commercials. There's something that is taken away from your love of this thing and your connection to it.

When you look at the artists who have come up through 'Billboard' over the years, it's incredible.

I think that commercials can really ruin a song. You know that the person sold the song for a good deal of money, and that was the tradeoff. But, music and picture can marry in a beautiful way, and the reverse also.

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

I'm very hands on with my music - I do all the artwork and everything myself - and the songs I write aren't necessarily the most commercial.

Singing is my dream and, while it may have not been a commercial success, critically I was thrilled with the reception my first album got.

There's nothing remotely interesting to me about marketing music as a product.

I was asked to do a test commercial shoot for an Apple product which didn't mean much to me at the time. Some music player that holds all your songs. Sounded cool to me and I never gave up an opportunity to work, especially with the possibility of it turning into a national commercial. Coolest job I did in that time.

I never really think so much about commercial success; I usually just think about records that move me, and 'Baby Got Back' was one that moved me.