When you're around enormously successful people you realise their success isn't an accident - it's about work.

I have a theory that you can decide to make whatever day it is a good day.

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

I'm in an odd position because I write across so many genres for so many people and they all influence me, and if I'm going to write as honest an album as possible, it's going to be layered.

When you're around enormously successful people you realise their success isn't an accident - it's about work.

I knew I could make money from songwriting, so how much and when was not really the question.

Nobody works harder than Lady Gaga. Nobody. She is unbelievable. I don't know how she sleeps, or when or if.