There's a certain confidence that comes with being sure about the way the world works.

Why wouldn't I help? What good reason do I have as a human being with power and a sense of empathy and morality, why wouldn't I do something?

I don't feel like that many musicians are competitive with each other.

​W​e're so used to having everything we want at our fingertips so I think that when things get tough it's ​difficult ​for people to persist through that.

You can always find a stray negative comment on the Internet. It's like everybody loves to put negative comments on the Internet under the cloak of anonymity.

I want to make a better record than I made the last time. I want to grow. I want to discover new things about myself creatively.

In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music.