With iPhones, nobody has an excuse for writer's block. If you're at Whole Foods getting your green tea extract and you have a melody, you just drop it into your voice memo and save it for later.

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.

Crowds respond to anthemic choruses.

Honest always sells. Always has, always will.

I'm not interested in corporate magic or fame.

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

I grew up listening to English music.