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"I'm a big fan of '70s records where artists could draw on whatever influences they wanted."

"Most artists I run into aren't that thrilled with what they do anyway. They are glad to have different versions out there to see which one the audience likes the best."

"Style is the most valuable asset of the modern artist. That's probably why so many styles are reported lost or stolen each year."

"I think I've grown a lot in the last few years, and I needed to express myself as an artist on this. It wasn't necessarily about going in and making an album chocked full of hit singles... there were a lot of things I did out of the joy and the want to do it."
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"If you can make the family life and the music work together that's wonderful. If you can make it work."

"Unfortunately, I'm not one of those people who take pictures, you know, carry a camera. Because if I did I'd have stack's and stack's and stack's of different act's. I got a lot here - I know what I done."

"And me, myself personally, in order for there to be any kind of longevity there's gotta be some history."

"Which I would've done 'cause I volunteered for the draft which meant that I only had to do two years. But when the Cubans had missiles in the Canal and Kennedy made the extension, I was one of the ones who had enough time to be extended."

"Well, nine times out of ten when you have 2 or 3 stars in a household you have an unfortunate amount of competition that's not necessarily a healthy competition."

"I knew that I had a following here in England, and if I came over here maybe I could cultivate it, but I never dreamt it would be as great as it has been."

"Most artists come in and out of the country, they stay may be 2 weeks - or a month max and then they leave."
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