Going back and forth between wanting to be respected artistically and wanting to move people is its own challenge..

I'm obviously really opinionated, but as a producer, you don't necessarily want the person you're working with to try to impress you - you want them ….

All I do is listen to music. It's a weird thing. It's like I have so much catching up to do. I've always been over my head. That's just the way I wor….

I have ideas all of the time from the beginning, but they never really wind up turning out like I thought they would..

If you know what kind of music somebody loves, then you can kind of figure out why they do what they do..

What affected me the most about the Beatles was that they were the biggest band in the world and they could have done anything they wanted..

No matter how naturally gifted you are, it's your passion that's going to make you better and maybe touch some people..

I started out really making music in my dorm room, and it wasnt really producing or anything like that; it was you making something..

The musicians themselves don't seem to know enough about why they're in the positions they're in, so they're afraid to lose those positions..

If you're 22 years old and you can't believe you're even in the position to have a career making music, the first thing you're going to think is: Mai….

A big part of making an album is that you want to have enough material - you want to have enough stuff for people to hear and know that it represents….

I was thinking that people have to believe you're crazy in order to take you seriously as an artist..

When I dont have a good time making music, I think of quitting a lot. I really do. I can create something else. Ill do something else..

In the end, I think musicians know that getting up in the morning and making music you love doesn't necessarily mean that you deserve billions of dol….

I find that the kinds of music I’m drawn to are those that a lot of people take for granted..

Even with artists I love, only about a third of their music is what really hits the sweet spot for me..

Some people have been listening to the Beatles their whole lives; I didn't discover them until I was 18 years old. As a result, I'm still very affect….

I've had nightmares about having to kick people out of my band because they've said that they don't like the Beatles. I'd wake up and turn to them an….

If you're wandering the streets, talking in gibberish, nobody ever asks you to change anything about your art because there's no context for people t….

Broken Bells reminds me how much fun I have making music..

I have no shame in making music that maybe, if you listen to it long enough, you'll realize you've heard this or that part of it before..