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

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?"

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

When I dont have a good time making music, I think of quitting a lot. I really do. I can create something else. Ill do something else.

I have no shame in making music that maybe, if you listen to it long enough, you'll realize you've heard this or that part of it before.

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