I'm not really good at keeping my own secrets. I can keep other people's secrets pretty well. Unless they're really good and people deserve to hear them. And I'll disseminate the information accordingly.

I need some kind of emotional stake in it to write my lyrics, assuming that place. It might just be an emotion I understand but am not currently experiencing necessarily.

I think that one of the greatest connections and attractions you can have with somebody, is understanding somebody.

Half of my heart’s got a grip on the situation, half of my heart takes time.

Whenever they say it can’t be done, remind them that they make a jellybean that tastes exactly like popcorn.

There's a certain lack of gimmickry to what I do that makes people in England go: 'Where's the thing?

I want to be the first guy from my generation who doesn't just represent one record but the promise of a lot of them.