I really like working with unique and unknown artists, as they usually bring something fresh to a song.

If you’re convinced as an artist of what you’re doing the only move is to, no matter what people say or what management says or your best friends say or people on Facebook. Do what you do and people will find its way to it.

What I don't like to hear in music is something has not been thought through: that a sound is just there randomly. I want to make sure that every single little noise that's in my song is there because it's supposed to be there.

I can't just sit down and make a song in a day. It's only possible if you focus on the music and not the sound.

Whenever I'm in the U.K., people say I have an American accent. Which is, obviously, funny.

I never feel like I need to make a song that sells 5 million copies; that's not the point of why I make music. It's great if that happens, like it did with 'Clarity,' but my goal is to always make a better track than the last one.

There is magic in patience, you know.