I have a daughter, and it's a very bad message to send to my daughter that to be valid or accepted or to have value, you have to look a certain way. It's all about appearance, and not about education and not about contributing. I think we've completely lost our way.
I think MTV put a huge dent in the songwriting craft.
I think too many artists from my era tend to just stamp out a record.
We certainly strive for trying to make a quality record throughout, and I think that's true of all of our records.