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" Bands always call me when they are in need of a boost and I come in and put them back on top. "

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" My life was really interesting before 'Chic.' "

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" I called all adults by their first names, and my mum was just another adult. I was the firstborn of my generation in the family, but because I was so close to my parents in age, they treated me with a kind of adult respect. They talked to me as an equal. "

" My career has been wacky and not at all normal. I've never had a manager, nobody gets jobs for me. I wind up working with artists that I meet. "

" I'd probably be a super wealthy guy if I had sat around writing songs and getting them placed like everyone else I know. But I write songs about people or after I meet them and they're somewhat biographical - they're fiction but also non-fiction. "

" I am very rich because of 'Chic' - artistically as well as spiritually. It's been an amazing life. "

" Nobody under the sun was like Madonna. She was positive and clear and wholly dedicated to achieving everything that she's achieved. "

" Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record. "

" Art is something that opens up and enhances your emotions and that's what I like to think I'm doing. "

" Art, well good art at least, takes you to a place you go during the experience of it, and then after you experience it you are different. "

" I've had insomnia since I was five years old. I just don't require much sleep. I'm never tired. "

" I love Madonna! If you want to see the Madonna I know, just go on YouTube and you'll see those early interviews before the record came out. She was giddy and wonderful and giggly and happy and so excited looking towards the future. "

" I'm always swimming forward like a shark. You just keep going and you don't rest. I love waking up knowing that I have a problem to solve. "

" If something is worth doing, it's worth overdoing. "

" I never wished my parents were normal, because they were unique, special and fabulous. "

" I've been working since I was a child. I worked cutting lawns, delivering newspapers; I was a telephone salesperson; I was a guitar repairman. "

" My responsibility is to the artist first. There's something that artists intrinsically know about their music and their fanbase that neither the record company nor the producer really knows. "

" If I could live in one city and do every single thing I do there, I would choose Venice. You can't turn your head without seeing something amazing. "

" I've found great solace in finally taking care of myself and others. "

" I was a fan of the Marx Brothers. One of them had this character where he pretended not to be able to talk, but then he wrote this autobiography called 'Harpo Speaks!' He wrote about how he quit school at nine years old to become a professional. "

" I grew up in the era of the concept album. What I do now is pick up on singles, and they are their own complete stories; you don't necessarily have to hear the rest of the album because I don't think albums are created like that anymore. They get songs from all over the place. "

" I used to play flute and clarinet at school, and although I wasn't thinking about making a living or getting a pay cheque, I already knew I was going to play music all my life. "

" I grew as close to Madonna as I've ever been to a woman without being romantically involved. "

" My childhood was bittersweet in many ways. We moved around a lot. By the time I was 10, I had travelled thousands of miles, often on my own. My parents were like my friends, so it felt like I didn't really have parents at all. But in a crazy way that was very liberating. It forced me to be independent, maybe a leader, and certainly a survivor. "

" I've never cancelled any public appearance, simply because that's what my life is; it's doing my work, and I never want to stop doing my work unless it becomes impossible for me to do it. "

" There's been this strange irony to my whole life. All my original bandmates have died, when I was the most wild and most reckless of us all. But I'm still here. "

" I'm completely obsessed with the film versions of 'Superman'. "