You can fool a person into going to see a movie with a good trailer..

I've been able to be a part of every movement in music over the last several decades. The only one that I haven't been involved in so much is hip-hop….

Almost all the producers I know and dig, like Quincy Jones or Brian Eno, are really musicians first. I'm a composer, an orchestrator, an arranger and….

In today's world, I probably would like to work with someone like Gaga..

I'd probably be a super wealthy guy if I had sat around writing songs and getting them placed like everyone else I know. But I write songs about peop….

If I could live in one city and do every single thing I do there, I would choose Venice. You can't turn your head without seeing something amazing..

I grew up in the era of the concept album. What I do now is pick up on singles, and they are their own complete stories; you don't necessarily have t….

It feels like my job is to support people. I support great artists. When I worked with a symphony, I sat in the third chair, not the first chair..

Artists don't come much cooler and well rounded than Lady Gaga. Love and respect..

Everything about my life was culturally rich, and all the people I met sort of reinforced the wackiness that was normally inside of me. No one said, ….

I would play hooky from school and spend all day in the movie theaters. Consequently, I learned satire in all its subtle forms..

If something is worth doing, it's worth overdoing..

My concept is, until you absolutely know the plane is crashing, there's no reason to be afraid. All the turbulence in the world does not mean the pla….

Art is something that opens up and enhances your emotions and that's what I like to think I'm doing..

I think the hardest thing to overcome is judging yourself and being your own worst critic so to speak..

Art, well good art at least, takes you to a place you go during the experience of it, and then after you experience it you are different..

After waiting four long years since the Lost CHIC Tapes were recovered, I'm finally putting out our first record. I'm like a child waiting for Christ….

You can't be afraid until you have no other option but to be afraid..

What do great artists do when you see a world around you that's in turmoil? Some of the best artists make you feel good (hah), they look to the futur….

Bands always call me when they are in need of a boost and I come in and put them back on top..

Trust me, the only real way to understand 'Chic' is in highfalutin terms. Our chord progressions were based on European modal melodies. I made those ….