I'm trying to be like, "Hey, dude, you're super happy, this is everything you've ever dreamed of - if you don't have somebody to hold hands with right now, everything's going to be OK, bro."

When you write a song about a place, you are writing a song about a place that might be in a hundred years, or a place that has been, or that was - in your imagination. I think that also embodies the American spirit. You are looking for what you can call "a place."

At once i knew i was not magnificent.

Apple is not thinking different anymore, they are getting worse by the day. They've become bottom-dollar and you can see that transition easily.

As a fan of Kanye West, working with him is insane.

There are decent people that I know who don't know how to treat their partner. It's been built up so hard and so high that people are afraid.

I grew up with a good set of values, but it was never too strict. I was always encouraged to be a free-thinking individual.