When you work on a record for three years, it's a great sense of relief when it is finally out in the world. It just feels good.

It was endlessly amusing to me to try to imitate John Lennon and Paul McCartney's harmonies using the guitar.

In order to make a normal-sized record, a singer songwriter should have a couple dozen finished songs. Once they go through the process of production, the ones that scream out at you that they're finished are the ones that make the record.

When I was about 15, I picked up the guitar and learned how to play by going through Beatles chords books. I got this Christmas gift with the entire Beatles catalog.

The South of France is one of my favorite places in the world.

The way that I'm working now is basically the way I've been working since I was a kid: Find the greatest artist in whatever you do, and rip them off with respect. I think there's a big difference between ripping off with respect and ripping off in disrespect.

I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.