Unless I am both capable of and willing to reopen the wound every time I write a song, if I choose to not look inside myself to write music, I'm really not worth being called an artist at all.

I just want to write songs in my little corner. And I still love music, I've not been worn down by cynicism.

When you make music or write or create, it's really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is you're writing about at the time.

I am such a Luddite when it comes to making music. All I can do is write at the piano.

If your music is great, you will have fans, not because you have spent time chatting on social media.

I'm quite happy with the music carrying on. I've never been one to clamor for fame. It just got dumped in my lap. The ambition is definitely not fame. The ambition is to be creative.