I live in Los Angeles, which is the second most polluted city in the world, and I wake up in the morning to dirt all over my window.

I'm actually introverted and shy.

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.

Honest always sells. Always has, always will.

I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and I've talked to a lot of other writers about this, is you take your demo, you pop it in your car and you drive down Sunset Blvd. to Santa Monica, and that's the Hollywood car test.

I listen to the far left which informs the far right. Somewhere in the middle is where we end up.

I find the songs that have the most human components in production are the ones that will stand the test of time.