I feel very lucky to get to fly the flag of RCA Records and Sony Music.
I would do a documentary about Jay-Z. Yes, I would.
I have no such ambition of becoming an actor. I want to grow as a musician, singer and songwriter.
I have been touring since I got my first band in 1962, so there is no problem there. We are basically performing musicians, so that's what we do.
I've been playing live since I was in sixth grade.
I've been making music since age five.
Record labels and producers are not looking to change you: they are looking to make a star. And what they might think is a star may not be you.
When we signed our deal in 1974, we'd already been together for six years. When they lowered the drinking age in Ontario in 1971 to 18 years, we went from playing two or three high schools in a month to playing clubs two or three times a week.
I left home the day after I graduated from high school because I knew we weren't going to make any dough to pay the rent in music.
I can imagine myself as an old man writing music for choir or orchestra. I don't know that I'll be touring six months out of the year in a rock band when I'm 60.
My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth there's hardly any difference.
At 14, I was in my own little classic rock country band. Then, after high school, I started another band called Northern Comfort. That was based out of Chico, Calif.
In a way, I started out to be a baritone player.
I really felt like 'Chandelier' was a big pop song. But we weren't sure what would happen if I wasn't willing to show my face and do promo and go on tour and do the traditional kind of pop strategy. So I had no expectations.
I even have nephews who make music, my daughter makes music. I don't know what advice to give them these days. It's really a tough industry to break into.
People ask what I really did in the three years between 'The Dreaming' and 'Hounds of Love.' I spent it with my family, living a normal home life.
It got to the point where I couldn't afford to borrow any more money to lose. Know what I mean? That was just before 'Frampton,' my fourth album. As we were recording it, I was very down and depressed.
All my life, I've really enjoyed music: making music, playing it, and recording it. It's such a relief and a joy to do what I do for a living.
I was only a teenager when I played with the Herd and Humble Pie, and I was still in my early twenties when 'Frampton Comes Alive!' came out. That was an immense amount of work in a relatively short period of time. I needed to stop for a while and grow up, but I didn't do that.
I think 'Interscope' always puts the artist first, and they're focusing on these artists' development. I felt like that was a part of my career that I kind of needed to focus on after having come from the radio and getting exposure that way. I wanted to grow my brand and grow my fanbase, and they have proven to be the best fit for that.
I want more people to know who I am and I want to have the chance to tease my music a bit more.
I became a professional musician and played all kinds of music. I played bluegrass, I played classical music, and for many years, I played jazz.
I've written 90 percent of the songs in my career, on all my albums.
I don't like to disappear between records. I like to play shows while I'm making the record.
My success set me up for life, and it meant that I could retire from the music industry at 27 to spend time with my newborn daughter and my wife. My time away from the spotlight allowed me to rediscover my love for music, and I'm doing it for me now and no one else.
