You have to learn how to act a pop song. You have to find the balance of the pop from the pop song and the lyrical significance of the scene you are in.

When I'm writing a pop song, I'll just write formulaically, strategically.

Throw riches out of the window and hit me with music!

Pop music has greater power to change people and to affect people because it's a universal language. You don't have to understand music to understand the power of a pop song.

Creating a decent pop song is a challenge - and occasionally, once in every decade - it's kind of fun to do that.

I'm an older woman who's not going to have a shiny pop song ever again, so that gives me license to do whatever the hell I want.