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Look: I download music illegally, if I really want it. But I always then buy the record - I support art.

I would happy for someone to download my music.

People think that it's their sovereign right to download music and not have to pay for it.

I have no problem with people illegally downloading stuff. I'm not going to drive hard into 'You should buy my stuff,' because really, it's inevitable. If you like a song, you're going to download it for free. I have no problem with that.

I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.

Unauthorized use of these MP3 files is really creating a problem for artists in the music community.

I think I need to accept the fact that I am where I am today because fans have shared my music illegally and legally, but I wouldn't be here today without the Internet, so I can't speak out against it.

We have to make the physical music a little more valuable instead of just having a download link and a bunch of songs you downloaded from some torrent site. People try to make the music value-less, and I don't think we're going to stop that train, but the one thing that they can't devalue are things that are in the outside world.