I grew up in a time when the only musicals were animated musicals because nobody wanted to see people to break into song.

I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit I think I deserve.

The MTV Video Awards were never about the video, but about the song. Most of the time it was just to glorify people for the wrong reason.

The Beatles mean so much to so many people, you know? Everybody has at least one song of The Beatles that's one of their favorite songs of all time.

Every time you come out with an album or a song, you want to feel like you're growing a bit in what you are and giving people something that they can feel.

Artists don't always know. Almost every song I ever recorded that was a hit at the majors that the promotional people picked I didn't think it would be a hit. I was wrong every time!

People are consuming more than ever, but I think they want a bit of honesty and depth. Adele, Gotye, Janelle Monae - they're giving you a catchy song, but it's also a challenging song at the same time.

There are certain songs that just stick around and do something that transcends whatever time they were written in. Through different eras, people are able to impart different meaning to the song, and they become part of some sort of consciousness.

Vocally and stylistically, we'd have different kinds of songs come on the radio, and people didn't realize it was the same band. A lot of the time, a casual fan would come see us and go, 'I didn't know that you guys did that song. I didn't know that was you!' That was us!

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