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Modern records are all made with virtually identical gear, software plug-ins and everything. Everybody wants everything to sound like the last thing that was popular because they're chasing their tails.

I am terrified at the thought that so much hideous and bad music will be put on records forever.

Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame.

Everyone's talking about how no one is buying records any more, but to me it's quite logical. In the 1990s, music was so hardcore-marketed to a certain group of people that I think a lot of kids felt taken advantage of.

The music technology scene is changing so fast it's hard to keep up.

All through the kind of late '80s and '90s, every A&R record company man was saying, 'Now what we want is another record like 'Back in the High Life.' And, of course, that's not the way to make music at all. That's the tail wagging the dog.

I think when you put a new record out, everyone has a song or two that they feel people will be moved by so much that radio will be forced to play it.

I think initially, the record industry struggled a lot with digital media because there are a lot of aspects to it that can potentially destroy our industry.

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.

With the advent of radio and recording, music became an industry rather than just a tradition.