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" I'm a record producer and songwriter; I'm a problem-solver. "

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" I wouldn't know how to retire. "

" When I go on vacation, I take very few clothes and a whole lot of books. It's the most soothing thing in the world. Reading 'Moby-Dick' is like being in a time machine. I almost feel as excited as the first time I read it and I always find something new. "

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

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" Everything about my life was culturally rich, and all the people I met sort of reinforced the wackiness that was normally inside of me. No one said, 'You can't do that,' until I got to real record companies, that is. "

" I think the hardest thing to overcome is judging yourself and being your own worst critic so to speak. "

" 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. "

" When people tell you you're on the brink of death, you've got to dig pretty deep to get it together. "

" Almost all the producers I know and dig, like Quincy Jones or Brian Eno, are really musicians first. I'm a composer, an orchestrator, an arranger and a musician first. I know how to write and rewrite songs, and the genius is really in the rewriting. "

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

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" The only person I have regrets about is Miles Davis. He and I had become good friends after we did a photo shoot, and coincidentally, we kept running into each other at parties and stuff. I regret not having written a hit for Miles Davis. "

" 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. "

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

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