“When I'm doing a session for another artist, it's a very scheduled thi...” — MNEK Quote

“When I'm doing a session for another artist, it's a very scheduled thing, and it's kind of imperative that I write a song in that time. But if I'm trying to write a song for myself and I don't have an idea that day, I just can't force it.”

“If I'm writing a song for Karen Harding, I know I can't impose what I want to say onto her. I literally have to get into her headspace and think, 'what does she want to say?' When it comes to my stuff, it's the same. What can I write that's true to me?”

“So the Madonna thing, I wrote a song with Diplo, she liked it, tweaked it and then made it her own and it became 'Hold Tight.'”

“Helping Ukraine is not only a moral imperative but also in America's strategic and financial interests.”

“Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining.”

“For a global company, it is imperative to respect and honor local culture and weave that into the core company values rather than the other way around.”