I try to keep my ear to the streets without sacrificing who I am as an artist. If a song needs a drum machine I'll use a drum machine. If it needs a ….

Words are just words..

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Charge for something and make more than you spend..

G-Dragonhe is very romantic. I’m his roommate so I see everything. He’s seriously romantic. If he dates someone he makes a song for them. One time he….

Whatever is popular deserves attention..

The Gulf Stream waters of Woody Guthrie's famous song were strung with columns of oil that were several miles long..

I basically try not to waste any lines in any of my songs, and I think the witty phrases and funny lyrics I have bring a smarter sound to college hip….

I do all the things that singer-songwriters do. I introduce the songs, I have a story to tell about everything all the time - I cannot be on stage an….

What I always look for in just about any band or artists I sign is their songs..

Believe it or not, one of my favorite songs is 'La Marseillaise'. I'll watch Casablanca just to hear it. It is enough to get me off my ass and want t….

Among the songs I love best were those that I see as historically important, and helped change and develop my taste..

As an example, there is a Japanese composer / singer whose name is Tanimura [Shinji]: he has composed a song entitled entitled "Kazeno Komoriuta" and….

Playing a song changes a song. Every night a song becomes something else on stage..

It was an honor to work with Samantha Morton on this Casablanca-esque, silent-film-esque, Americana photobooth Woolworth's hay day period piece of su….

I tend to like things that already exist..

It would be impossible for me to give you a list of the top 10 songs that shake my life. Far more music went in to it than just ten..

I don't like things that aren't true..

Among the songs I love best were those that I see as historically important, which help to change and develop my taste..

I think there's just so many people in the world that don't feel understood, and when you hear a song and you go, 'Oh, that song understands me,' tha….

I always believed a singer should be able to sing any kind of song. If I wanted to sing a Cole Porter song, I should be able to do that. Or Sherry, I….