After all we did for Britain, selling that corduroy and making it swing, all we got was a bit of tin on a piece of leather.
MTV made a huge impact. Heavy rotation took you from selling 1m albums to 20m albums, and that meant a lot of dough.
I would consider selling the whole company; I wouldn't like to sell just part of it, but on the other hand, I have a grandson intent on following my footsteps and another grandson in another couple of years.
Even though we were selling more records than a lot of pop acts, we were being treated like the redheaded stepchildren.