Sometimes a little compromise isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be precious about it.

The public so often want to freeze the artist in a moment in time when they were at their peak, and they want the artist to revisit it over and over again as if it was something authentic.

Creating a decent pop song is a challenge - and occasionally, once in every decade - it's kind of fun to do that.

Sometimes a little compromise isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be precious about it.

It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs.

I'm obsessed with books.

People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting me. People in my position don't get approached often enough.