No one holds the power. Just because they might give you a bit of money every now and then doesn't mean that they have the right to change what you do.

You can say something stupid with an incredible heartfelt sentiment and for some reason, it might be insanely powerful.

That's the weird thing about music: It's never for anyone to own.

There is a monumental difference between being alive and living. You should never settle for the first.

You can write a song about a girl or you can write a song about walking down the shops, and it's fine. I just try and do something as meaningful as I can without trying to be a pretentious loser because it's genuinely just how I see things.

Maybe 80 percent of what we conceive to be a song idea or the meaning of a song is not exactly what the artist meant most of the time. It's not bad - people can take what they want from it.

If a record label will sign you in order for you to be moulded into something that can make more money for them, then you should get out of there if you're that artist.