I'm obviously really opinionated, but as a producer, you don't necessarily want the person you're working with to try to impress you - you want them to just be themselves.

If you're sitting around thinking what other people think about your work, you'll just become paralysed.

I suppose I could try to be some avant-garde artist if I wanted to, but that doesn't interest me as much.

I recently decided that I'm not an originator. I'm a synthesist.

I'm obviously really opinionated, but as a producer, you don't necessarily want the person you're working with to try to impress you - you want them to just be themselves.

Your take on things is what is either going to make you somebody people talk about or no.

Once I had a potentially heart attack-inducing eight double espressos in one day. I think my assistant secretly swaps my coffees for decaf as she doesn't want me to die of caffeine overdose.