It's no fun for me to cover a song and produce it the exact same way as it already exists. When I hear that happening, I have to say, 'What's the point?

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

My philosophy for producing a record is for everyone involved, including myself, to get out of the way of the song, and at the same time, listen to it as closely as you can, and listen to where the song wants to go.

Certain things you have to stumble on to. They can't be preprogrammed.

I don't really watch TV series because I don't want to get hooked on them and have them suck up all my time.

I'm somebody who gets a lot of inspiration from dreams.

I believe in working with songs that have personal value for me.