It's pretty hard to get over a break up a musical partnership that had seen so much success. The best you can hope for is to release some reasonably well received solo material, then some less popular stuff, and then follow that up with a revolutionary album that exposes an existing musical style to a broader audience.

Believe it or not…
Mr John and I were great buddies. Once he told me, "You can call me El".

Funny story
When he proposed, in addition to a diamond ring, William also presented her with similarly bejeweled footwear. And jewels were on the bottom of the shoes.

To the doubters, Ray was definitely in on Rhythm. I was there.

I improperly thought you said Jack White. Which would be pretty cool, assuming he also took over as lead vocalist.

I'm hesitant to agree
Once you find a good guitarist to work with, he becomes a fundamental part of the process. When I brought Ray Phiri on for Graceland, he become such a joy to have in the studio, that I had to bring him back for Rhythm of The Saints.

Of course I have much respect for the 'Baz.

Will there be a fair quotient of harmonies in the Xhosa language?

When I married Carrie Fisher, I was hoping for a low-key Alderan-Princess type, but I ended up with a Hutt-strangling Sister of a Jedi, so the marriage ended pretty soon. I was able to get over this by discovering the beautiful marriage of Ladysmith Black Mombaza with my folk-rock stylings.

This reminds me of when I was making that Life Savers commercial. Jabulani Dubazana ate some leftover fried plantains for elevensies, and they were a little off. He had some serious indigestion and we had to come back the next day and re record the bass portion where he goes 'wintOgreen'