Technology has a lot to do with how the world is developing at the moment because there are very raw and pure and primal emotions that people are com….

When I'm in the studio, I become a total nerd..

You have to invest something [in your work]. If you don't risk something that really matters to you - like your integrity, or your pride, or your tim….

It was like the part of me that had enjoyed those friends had evaporated, leaving behind a huge, echoing emptiness, and I was scrabbling on the edge ….

Oscar Wilde once said that to live is the rarest thing in the world, because most people just exist, and that's all. I don't know if he's right, but ….

The funny thing about gold is how quickly it can tarnish..

People say, "I can't take you seriously because you're so young." But I think when you're young, what you feel is more pure..

Having access to mobile phones and being able to document your own life brings people together..

The orchid is Mother Nature's masterpiece..

Commercial music is music that a lot of people connect to at the same time, but that doesn't mean it has to be something shallow or without personali….

Sometimes I think that everyone has a tragedy waiting for them, that the people buying milk in their pajamas or picking their noses at stoplights cou….

You cant censor peoples dreams..

The way I figured it, keeping quiet was safe. Words could betray you if you chose the wrong ones, or mean less if you used too many. Jokes could be g….

Activists are cultural artists. They envision a world that does not yet exist, and then take action to create that world.'.

I try to be genuine. I try to be real. It's such a subjective thing, but I try to convey an emotion..

Maybe I bring people into that pop world who don't usually find themselves there because there's not enough stuff for them to get excited about other….

I'm maybe not so anxious to be a successful pop artist. Of course I want people to like my music, but I know what the price of success can be, too. B….

All the big pop acts that I've been into over the years - whether it's ABBA or Prince - managed to combine amazing melodies and honest human emotion.….

You apply the skills you use to produce your own book to make an anthology. Shaping. Rhythm..

I was speechless. Rare for me, but if anyone was capable of shocking me to silence, it was my mother..

When I started making music, I made music in a very commercial space and I didn't have room to really explore things on my own terms. It took me awhi….