I love the idea that the person that signs you makes the record, because you get that sense of guidance, of being there at that close point.

It's all gravy when everything's great, but if there comes a point where there's a problem, as with any kind of relationship you need to fix it. There's always going to be something, and it could be the smallest detail you'd never have expected or it could be something substantial, but it's how you deal with things.

I wish I could do something else, I wish I was an amazing painter or a brain surgeon or something, but it's just what it's been.

Instinct is the most powerful thing you have, and you have to trust it.

I love the idea that the person that signs you makes the record, because you get that sense of guidance, of being there at that close point.

There's zero correlation between owning music and being a greater music lover or musician than the next person.

Guidance is everything, you have to accept that somebody is their own person, an individual.