I've had nightmares about having to kick people out of my band because they've said that they don't like the Beatles. I'd wake up and turn to them and say, "You like the Beatles, right?"

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

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.

I'm obviously really opinionated, but as a producer, you don't necessarily want the person you're working with to try to impress you - you want them to just be themselves. Then you can edit or mess around with what they've come up with. But you have to allow the artist that space.

If you're wandering the streets, talking in gibberish, nobody ever asks you to change anything about your art because there's no context for people to look at what you do.

I find that the kinds of music I’m drawn to are those that a lot of people take for granted.