I read Twitter all the time, even though I rarely tweet.

You have to have non-traditional ways of collaborating. But better is relative.

If Apple's a technology company in the music industry, why can't somebody in the music industry make technology?

Traveling in Europe made me understand that America has an island mentality: No one exists except us. There's a whole other world out there, but most Americans - all they know is America, the marketing plan.

Disco is the first technology music. And what I mean is that 'disco' music is named after discs, because when technology grew to where they didn't need a band in the clubs, the DJ played it on a disc.

If countries were people, England and France would be old men. Italy would be dead. Compared with them, America is in its 20s.

You're always moving and thinking about a whole bunch of things. But those traits work well for me in studios and in meetings about creative ideas. If you listen to the songs I write, they are the most ADHD songs ever. They have five hooks in one and it all happens in three minutes. I figured out a way of working with it.