The World Motivation
The first time I wrote a song, I couldn't really believe - 'Can you just do that? You're just allowed?' I never thought about songs on the radio and who wrote them.
“The first time I wrote a song, I couldn't really believe - 'Can you just do that? You're just allowed?' I never thought about songs on the radio and who wrote them.”
The first time I wrote a song, I couldn't really believe - 'Can you just do that? You're just allowed?' I never thought about songs on the radio and who wrote them.
I found New York too... 'vertical,' closed off, I didn't feel the muse like I did in L.A. Maybe it's the weather?
I've written for Rita Ora; I've written for Chiddy Bang - there's been a few.
It's interesting what a new song can do to the other songs. A new song can be the grout of the record, tie the songs together, and define a new room in the house, helping the other rooms make sense.
I'd love to do something with Bruno Mars because I love his voice and the playful and intelligent way he delivers a song.
Being a Jehovah's Witness, it was really a trip. We had to go from door to door, and we weren't allowed to associate with the other children. It was a lot of rules.
Sure, I've been a victim, but in retrospect, most of it has been of my own making. I allowed it to happen.
I just don't think somebody that's been to prison is allowed to say what the standard is.
There was one 'crime' during the whole time I was at school, when a fountain pen went missing. Stealing just didn't happen. I was taught not to shoplift, not to steal, not to behave badly. We weren't even allowed to drop litter.
My wife and I have always thought it odd that, on social occasions, couples play the 'hot tub fantasy' game where you're allowed to pick a celebrity you'd like to share a hot tub with.