I had a somewhat frenetic childhood because my mum and dad split up when I was five, and then my mum remarried.

I really love something about being around the recording studios - you know, like, those days in the '80s they'd be, like, in the studio 'til 4, 5, 6 in the morning working on these songs.

I rarely ever respond to misquotes and wrong information. Plus, it only serves to bring attention to the matter.

You have to put these hooks in it, you know? You've got to make sure you got all that ear candy in it to get it through the gate.

Then, you know, the other more-traditional role of the producer in, like, the kind of Quincy Jones sense is kind of part arranger. So you're coming up with, like, these - you hear these songs that are quite bare-bones, and you dream up what's the band doing? What's the rhythm section doing? What's the guitars, strings, pianos - that sort of thing. It's almost like a little toolbox.

You know, it's weird. It's - it hasn't really changed my life in any kind of way that I can measure. I mean, it's obviously such an insanely amazing thing. You know, none of my other records I've ever had before even broke into the top 100.

My mother was pretty strict. I hated it, but maybe it made me a bit more sensible.