I was really into R&B and stuff like that, so I really wanted to sing like Faith Evans or Mariah Carey. But I definitely don't have the skills to sin….

Most of the producers I work with are decent mixers. We'll wind up in these spots where I'll get the mix back and I'll put a few more pieces of produ….

What does success look like for you? Maybe your definition of success is too different from what the label defines as success. Perhaps your definitio….

It's always a bit risky, when you put yourself out there with somebody in a collaboration, but I think we learn things every single time, and we come….

I've worked with a lot of different producers, a lot of different writers on the album, so I mostly feel like I learned a lot about what I don't want….

Now you know you're going to have to play music for the label, you know you're going to have to get an opinion from the manager. Now, I'm so much mor….

One of my strict, strict rules is a no auto-tune policy..

I think that kind of balance comes with the process of growing together as a band, the Little Dragon. We love to write, we love to create, we love to….

I find it a little stressful when you're in a really nice studio and you feel time ticking and the bill getting higher..

To foster creativity, I think a little pressure can be good, but stress isn't good. Knowing that you have a defined window of time and you're going t….

Keep at something even when you don't feel inspired. Don't wait for inspiration! I write a lot of songs that are terrible, in the hopes that one song….

A tiny detail can make you feel completely different. I feel different if I wear something that I'm slightly uncomfortable in..

You want inspiration to come in a natural way and let it happen when it's going to happen. The last thing you want is this ghost looming over you say….

My lesson from that [songwriting process] was that I should go back to where I was and try to make that first pure even more strong..

I think most people are many-sided; you have your evil side, your happy side, your spaced-out side. You try to stay on the positive side more - I mea….

Swedes, compared to Americans, can seem a little cold and introverted..

It can be tricky with branding these days, because everything is kind of branded..

It's weird with making music - you can have no vibe while you're working on something and recognize that the music was special afterwards. And it hap….

Gothenburg's definitely a music city as well, but I think just because of the weather - it's so cold and miserable - people stay in. Coming to the St….

I don't write hits. If you just open that door, you're going to get a hit..

I really like our studio. It's definitely not in any way slick; it's very homemade, literally. Everyone has their own room to produce and write, and ….