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Believe Me, I Love Commerce As Much As The Rest Of The Readers Of 'businessweek.' But In Art, You Have To Be True To Yourself And Your Musical Vision. People Have Known Me Well For A Long Time, So If I Was Chasing A Trend And Doing Something That Wasn't Authentic To Who I Am, They Would Know It In Just A Few Seconds.

Your Kids Can Say Some Cruel Things To You At Times. For Example, Nicole, Miles And Sofie Are Standing There In The Room And I'm Dressed To Kill In My Own Mind. They'll Say To Me, 'dad, You're Not Going Out There Looking Like That Are You?' If That Doesn't Kill A Star, I Don't Know What Does!

The Best Compliment That Has Ever Been Given To Me Was, I Was At The Airport One Day And A Guy Came In And Said, 'lionel, My Wife Loves You, The Kids Love You, My Mother-in-law Loves You, The Family Loves You.

Exactly When People Are In Turmoil Is The Time That The Entertainment Business Has Always Been At Its Best. Because People Don't Want To Be Reminded Every Day That They Are Under Siege, Or That They're Not Having A Great Time Of Life.