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Stop doing what the record companies are doing and do what's in your heart.

The record business has always mystified me. Sometimes there are reasons why things sell or don't sell that can't be understood by mere mortals.

That's my favorite subject because it really levels the playing field for artists these days. You don't have to sell out to the record company. You don't have to get a five hundred thousand dollars, or whatever, and pay them back for the rest of your life to record a record.

One of the biggest wake-up calls of my career was when I saw a record contract. I said, 'Wait - you sell it for $18.98 and I make 80 cents? And I have to pay you back the money you lent me to make it and then you own it?'

I'm really lucky that my record companies have been patient with me and leave me alone and give me the time to make it right in my mind.

You don't need a record company to turn you into anything.

But now I realize that this record business really needs me. No one else is trying to take a chance or do something different.

I'm against spending money to record.

It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.