I'm not interested in corporate magic or fame.

When I moved to L.A., I was penniless, absolutely beyond broke and in debt up to my eyeballs.

Im not interested in fad songs.

I would rather put out two year-defining songs a year than flood the market with eight or nine songs.

I think often times if a guitar riff is centered around the chorus or if it follows the chorus, then it often times turns into the actual hook.

I have to sing it every night, I can't get up on stage if it's some bullshit story.

Any time you have a song that is directly connected to a very specific musical trend of the moment, you have immediately cut it off at the knees, doesn't matter if it goes to number one in the world, if you're too attached to a production style.