People often expect me to be very serious, but it's not like my record company told me not to smile in photographs, because I was like that anyway.

You don't need a record company to turn you into anything.

I'm developing a record company. I'm learning how to supervise music on a film.

I see myself as the buffer between the band and the record company.

The record company doesn't know what to do with me, because I'm not a Lily Allen, but I'm not really an indie artist, either. All the best artists have been in the middle.

Do not let any record company disturb your creative flow. You are not writing for the record company. You're writing for the public.