There is just a certain amount you can deal with.

Whatever shows up this year, we will have to deal with. We are not prepared to turn back anybody this year. We are hoping next year we will have a plan in place to deal realistically with the future.

There is a certain amount of disconnect here,

Of all the companies I deal with worldwide, most have decided that they're going to go Java come hell or high water. But -- and this is a big but -- they don't know how they're going to do it.

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.

There's a certain amount of disorder that has to be reorganized.