You then get into a period a few years ago, where a lot of external factors that we didn't have anything to do with did hit, and some of them at the same time... devaluations, weak economies, you name it, in various parts of the world.

Over the years I learned that you can have it all - just not at the same time.

I do the same exercises I did 50 years ago and they still work. I eat the same food I ate 50 years ago and it still works.

We need open, competitive, market economies... but at the same time with effective regulation and supervision.

When you are accompanying someone, you are listening to them the way you listen to a Bach Chorale, where four parts are going on at the same time, all of which are gorgeous melodies, all being played simultaneously.

It could be hectic sometimes when you're being an artist and running a label at the same time. But there are times when you just have to say that this my time period to work on my stuff, and then you say this is the time to concentrate on my artists.