My job is to be some sort of music/lyric psychic, to figure out that that's the right song to not fight the lyric.

The way I see it, there's only one melody for any song.

There is still some art in pop music. But it can't happen if you're not inspired.

You never know when you put out an album that's unique whether it'll get beat up for it or not.

I do have that mindset - that most good art comes from some turmoil, from someone trying to come to some equilibrium, or come up and get a breath.

The reason I stop playing songs is usually because I get sick of them, and then they find themselves back into the set list at some point.