I find in music there's a space and a language I can use to express things in ways I can't describe conversationally.
I have a big problem with piped music. I like either silence or to listen to it properly.
Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.
You know, the thing that struck me about Civil War music was how bloody it was; it was full of hatred. There was incredible vitriol in it.
There's really only three things you can write music about: girls, cars and surfing.
I was in the school plays, I did a lot of music. I carried on through university for short films and loads of plays.
There's something mathematically satisfying about music: notes fit together and harmony and all that. And mathematics has to do with abstractions and making connections.
I knew when I went to a very hippie high school that focused on music that I wanted to do something in the industry.
My music is a direct reflection of the eclectic person I am. I don't like to be stuck in an R&B box.
I've only ever had one doubt about music. It came when I was 11. I hated playing scales.
I genuinely find the most meaningful thing I do is to make music, but also to absorb some sort of creativity.
I've always done very 'composed' music and worked-out solos. But sometimes it's fun not knowing where you're going.
To me, rock music was never meant to be safe. I think there needs to be an element of intrigue, mystery, subversiveness. Your parents should hate it.
Spotify - I met those guys before they launched in America and was wildly excited about the idea. 'Wow, this is all the music in the world, for a flat fee.'
I've always felt music is the only way to give an instantaneous moment the feel of slow motion. To romanticise it and glorify it and give it a soundtrack and a rhythm.
Music is my shining light, my favorite thing in the world. T get me to stop doing it for one second would be difficult!
I've made sure that in any situation and with any record label, I'm allowed to write my own music.
I blub all the time, in the most weird situations - not in the ones that should make me cry. Music makes me very emotional.
I would be involved with music whether I had a career or not. I'm always going to be writing songs and recording them.
Music has generally involved a lot of awkward contraptions, a certain amount of heavy lifting.
Well, I would say that music just happens with me, I'm not in the driver's seat when I am at the piano, the piano is.
