You're successful if you can get one person to pick it up and put it on the turntable and go, Wow, thanks for writing that!
“I like to feel that what I'm doing portrays this: a family where there is love between mother, father and the kids. It's a subject that is near and dear to me.”
“As long as I'm still able to have a hit on the radio and sell a few albums and some tickets, I don't see that it would be worth retiring.”