I started out really making music in my dorm room, and it wasnt really producing or anything like that; it was you making something.

I have ideas all of the time from the beginning, but they never really wind up turning out like I thought they would.

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

No matter how naturally gifted you are, it's your passion that's going to make you better and maybe touch some people.

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.

Broken Bells reminds me how much fun I have making music.

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.