Music is like having a conversation. All musicians inspire each other, and they're all geared to play something that matters.

I am not struggling. What I do, it is what I do.

I've never been in the studio where it felt like I didn't have a voice. Whether I was co-producing or producing by myself, this community is the one place where I really see democracy at its purest.

The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they want to into it.

Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

It really does take a lot of time to make records, to be in the studio and do all that stuff.

Everything I've done feels like I'm just as much a part of it as if I was the producer. It's still the same job: all of us together figuring out the common good for a song. That's the only thing that matters. It's not like, "I'm the boss, and I'm gonna tell you what to play."