No matter how many people try, no matter how many fancy songwriters in Los Angeles try to break it down to a formula... to an extent, there isn't a science to writing great songs, I suppose. For me, it's always about melody - it doesn't matter what genre of music you're writing, if there's a strong melodic thing somewhere, whether that's in a vocal or in a guitar part or a sample. Something that sticks in your brain, that seems to be something that works.

If there's a strong melodic thing somewhere, whether that's in a vocal or in a guitar part or a sample. Something that sticks in your brain, that seems to be something that works.

I've definitely read interviews with people where they've explained exactly what they wrote something about and I've been like: "Oh no, I was thinking that was a really beautiful love song or a really sad thing."

I think a lot of people spend a lot of time talking about what they hate rather than what they love. I don't want to get trapped in that.

I think in reading a few sentences of text you can just tell the tone, and that's something I love in prose writers.

I try not to say exactly what songs are about sometimes, because I feel like it ruins it for people.

Internet has been really amazing, and I think it's a place of great passion, creativity, and knowledge.