He formally announced his break from music in Tokyo in 1977, saying, "we have basically decided, without any great decision, to be with our baby as much as we can until we feel we can take time off to indulge ourselves in creating things outside of the family."
Anunciou formalmente o seu retiro da música en 1977 en Toquio dicindo: "basicamente decidimos, sen ningún gran debate, estar co noso neno tanto como poidamos ata que sintamos que podemos ter tempo para permitirnos crear cousas fóra da familia".