It feels like my job is to support people. I support great artists. When I worked with a symphony, I sat in the third chair, not the first chair.

I'd probably be a super wealthy guy if I had sat around writing songs and getting them placed like everyone else I know. But I write songs about people or after I meet them and they're somewhat biographical - they're fiction but also non-fiction.

It feels like my job is to support people. I support great artists. When I worked with a symphony, I sat in the third chair, not the first chair.

Art is something that opens up and enhances your emotions and that's what I like to think I'm doing.

Artists don't come much cooler and well rounded than Lady Gaga. Love and respect.

I grew up in the era of the concept album. What I do now is pick up on singles, and they are their own complete stories; you don't necessarily have to hear the rest of the album because I don't think albums are created like that anymore. They get songs from all over the place.

I think the hardest thing to overcome is judging yourself and being your own worst critic so to speak.