That record companies are crap, insane, huge and messy non-decision making entanglements is just a fact. That's not the reason why things don't work. You've got to make the right record.

There are no record companies in Waikiki.

He's not going to put up with any crap.

I understand quarterly billing, how the record companies run.

I'd heard the first track on the Rufus Wainwright record (Want One), Oh What A World, which is worth the admission fee alone, ... It's just the most audacious thing I've heard in a long time. It's on a sort of Pet Sounds level. It's refreshing to hear that kind of thing. So Marius' philosophy is very much 'more is more,' whereas mine is 'less is more.'

Everyone showed up. It was so energizing and uplifting. The fact they were here made that decision.