Spector: 'It's all been done!'

In this exclusive interview published in the Sydney Morning Herald, conducted only weeks ago, legendary producer Phil Spector spoke of the depression and mental illness that kept him from the public eye for more than 20 years. A short excerpt:

For years he did nothing. He was incapable of action. Paralysed. Projects came and went, unfulfilled. What could possibly interest him? Disco? "Terrible." Michael Jackson? "The most depressing, heinous thing. I mean, starting out life as a black man and ending up as a white woman, what's that all about?" Rap music? "Like the c got left off at the printers." Spector falls back on the sofa. "It's all been done! It's all been done!"

Spector was arrested Monday morning, charged with the murder of a Hollywood actress.