Even with artists I love, only about a third of their music is what really hits the sweet spot for me.

If you know what kind of music somebody loves, then you can kind of figure out why they do what they do.

Going back and forth between wanting to be respected artistically and wanting to move people is its own challenge.

What affected me the most about the Beatles was that they were the biggest band in the world and they could have done anything they wanted.

The musicians themselves don't seem to know enough about why they're in the positions they're in, so they're afraid to lose those positions.

A big part of making an album is that you want to have enough material - you want to have enough stuff for people to hear and know that it represents you.

If you're 22 years old and you can't believe you're even in the position to have a career making music, the first thing you're going to think is: Maintain. Don't lose it. And that's precisely what causes you to lose everything.