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

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.

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

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?"

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.

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.

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.