I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose.

I think my whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche.

When I did "Top of the Pops" for the first time, Ace of Base was one of the other bands, and I have a memory of them on a small stage next to me in the TV studio. A memory of their performance is burned into my mind. Seared.

You spend so many months and years in the studio, and you see the clock ticking and so much time spent on the minutiae of technical things. And I just thought it'd be fun to do something extremely fast and get that rush of something that had some energy, something that you weren't tired of when you finished it.

If someone is making a judgment when they don't have firsthand experience, it's intolerant. How can you make a judgment on something you don't know about?

There's a perception that if an artist produces another artist, they're going to imprint on them. But I'm the opposite.

Sometimes, reissues can be revelatory, or put the original record in a different light, but those are rare.