I bought singles until I started working properly and then I started buying albums, so this brings back a lot of teenage memories from being in London before I got work
Every decade has its ABBA; that's the proof that pop will always be around.
At the time, we thought it was a nice way to say something unique about the group to make us different from all the other bands kicking around in London.
I think if you're writing from the heart, very often, the subject matter will adjust as you age. . . but you try to write the best song you can possibly write. For us, we have the same basic elements that make up the America sound.
When people say, Your music was the music of the Seventies, I say, So was discoteque. The Seventies was also the highest peak of heavy metal. Pick a genre - they were all alive.
The things I write are combinations of all of the people that have been influences to me.
I am deeply saddened to hear the news of Dan's passing. He was a dear friend for many years. Dan & his music will live on in the great songs he shared with us all. My sincere condolences go out to Catherine and the entire Peek family. May he rest in peace.
The artists who endure are the ones who stay focused even after they have reached the top of their profession.
You need to know a lot about what's going on, but when it comes to making the work, I take almost an anti-intellectual stance. You've got to be stupid enough, in some ways, to plunge into something that you have no idea what it's about. If you know what you're going to do before you do it, you just end up illustrating an idea.
You aspire to be as great as Michael Jackson is as an artist. I don't think any artist in pop, rock or hip-hop has ever done it any bigger than him. You know what I mean? He's the man.
The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening.