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I have known from the beginning one thing you need to know. That is, the music business is a business.

Some people are the greatest people on Earth with good hearts and will get in the studio and make the most negative music in the world for the sake of success. That's what the music business does to you. That's what capitalism does to you.

The music is fun and all that, but first and foremost it is a business, it's about money.

As for the music business itself, the key things have not changed that much. It operates like any business and money still keeps things moving.

The music business looks like, you know, innocent schoolboys compared to the TV business. They care about nothing but profit.

The tricky thing is music is supposed to be very mysterious; the way it's made is mysterious. Then people like to get upset with the music business.

Today, music is great for entertainment, but it is lacking soul; it's lacking substance, and it's difficult to find good stuff. There are too many corporate interests. It's not about the actual music because it's about the corporation, and music just becomes part of a package.

The music business has changed incredibly. There used to be 50 record companies. Now there's only three, and it's just getting smaller and smaller. But then again, you have the Internet, so anybody who has music can get it out there.

Music and the music business are two different things.

The music business is one of a few places where everything you've heard about it seems entirely cliche, but it's true.