The main reason he wanted to be a recording artist was because it gives you much more freedom in your writing. You only have to please the artist and the artist is you so you can be more daring and experimental. ↗
You hear a lot of horror stories about proposing and things going horribly wrong - it went really, really well and I was really pleased when she said yes. ↗
I think a lot of it had to do with, you know, I was always a daddy's girl. I was always wanting to please him, and I think he was pleased when he'd walk past my room and I was listening to those records. ↗
One of the hardest things I've had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years. ↗
You want to make sure this particular car is going to please the customer and then you're going to be rewarded with something that is going to please the shareholder. ↗