Reject what you don't want. Get rid of dead wood.

Traditionally, duos get accused of lots of things.

If you are a superstar, or whatever you want to call yourself, a person who's had outrageous success, and you decide to go indie and tell the record companies to screw themselves? That takes a certain amount of courage. And bullheadedness, really.

In the early '70s, I started to feel like Philadelphia soul was the black-sheep brother of rock and roll. I decided to try to get away from it.

If you work hard and you're good, you can build something for yourself.

I always say the same thing - believe in what you do, do it, and don't veer away from the truth of it.