I've got a feeling that music might not be the most interesting place to be in the world of things.

I often say to people that producing is the best paid form of cowardice. When you produce things you almost always get credit, if it's a good record, but you hardly ever get the blame if it's not! You don't really take responsibility for your work.

You either believe that people respond to authority, or that they respond to kindness and inclusion. I'm obviously in the latter camp. I think that people respond better to reward than punishment.

I think most artists would be happy to have bigger audiences rather than smaller ones. It doesn't mean that they are going to change their work in order necessarily to get it, but they're happy if they do get it.

All music has political dimensions because it suggests a way of being.

Look closely at the most embarrassing details, and amplify them.

I'm fascinated by musicians who don't completely understand their territory; that's when you do your best work.