In the end, I think musicians know that getting up in the morning and making music you love doesn't necessarily mean that you deserve billions of dollars or worship from anybody.

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'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.

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

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.

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.

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.