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Every single band in the world has these gigantic songs that people are obsessed with.

The hits always wind up being the songs with big, high choruses. They're the ones too high to sing every night - not that you'll ever, ever hear me complain about having to try.

Each song is a small universe to me. Each song has a story of its own. Each has a full life to express in order to be complete, so it often happens that the building to a big crescendo feels right in the recording or writing process.

I don't think I've ever laid out a batch of songs that pick myself apart the way that these do.

I don't think there is anything hard at all about having a lot of songs. It makes it easier to be less precious about them, and know that everybody's going to want to work on some of them.

Boy bands should be exploded from a great height. They're just pretty people singing music written by others.

Hit songs are mysterious and slippery beasts; few artists have a lock on them. This means that many people, like me, have become fans of songs rather than fans of artists.

Good new songs are the backbone of the music industry. There isn't an artist out there who could survive without hit songs.

I don't think you ever get tired of the well-written, well-crafted songs.