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My ambition was to be a record producer, and I had started doing that in the late '60s with my work with the MC5 and my friend Livingston Taylor.

I started a recording studio. I started producing people and doing remixes.

I want to be remembered as one of the best record producers of my era.

I grew up in a very musical family, my father was a musician and a big band leader and made records.

I look at old interviews and things and they say, 'What do you want to do when you grow up?' I say, 'I want to be a producer.' And I'm really fortunate that I was able to do it.

I worked in a record store, but I realised I didn't want that. I still wanted to pursue a career - or a life - that my songs provided for me.

I'm just a musician and a record producer.

I always knew I wanted to be a performance artist.

I made a living being a background singer for years.

I started off as a studio pianist in Hollywood.