I grew up listening to English music.

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

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.

Just because a suit fits, doesn't mean it looks good. You need a tailor. You want to get bespoke.

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

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

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.