You just pick up a little bit of whatever the ones you think are appropriate, and you try and, you know, combine them. And then you bring in other people that are great for the things that you're not so good at.

And then, also, when you're doing something that doesn't sound like anything else on the radio at the time, you almost need to, like, ironclad it to make sure it gets through, you know?

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

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.

D'Angelo could sing the phonebook and it would sound good.

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.

Kids can make fun of you for having the wrong shoelaces: that's just kids. But I don't think I had any trouble making friends.