Some records with drum machines on them sound phony and plastic. It all depends on how you use the tools.
I'm blessed with a pretty good voice. So just sitting back there banging on the tubs wasn't enough.
Selling eight million copies of your first album will mess you up.
Mick Jagger can't even make a successful solo album, and the Stones are the biggest rock group that ever was.
Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom.
Sometimes songwriters and singers forget that. They get a melody in their head and the notes will take precedence, so that they wind up forcing a word onto a melody. It doesn't ring true.
It was pretty frightening because as we all know, when large, famous groups breakup, a lot of the members don't survive in solo careers.
I'm fortunate that I've been in this business long enough that I've earned the right to be left alone by my record company.
I'm certainly not thrilled with everything the Eagles did, but there are some things I'm quite proud of.