George Martin, he's very good at a very sort of lush, sweet arrangement.

With the Beatles, we'd been very spoiled because we had George Martin who worked for the record label we were going to be signed to. That was very fortunate, because we grew together.

I'm not religious, but I'm very spiritual.

I said to myself, 'I'm gonna make a good album.' I gave myself a task,

I like the idea that people hear my stuff, and if it's commercially successful, that's a good sign that it's being heard.

I think I always had a musicality, and I think I could tell a good song from a bad song. And I would appreciate hearing something that was new to me.