I Have Written Most Of My Melodies

When I Write A Song, I See A Tunnel, And Then The Chorus Is An Open Space, Or The Bassline Is Doing This Shape. I See Songs As A More Of A Geometric, Spacial Experience.

With Tons Of Chaotic Supply On The Internet, You're Going To Have People Who Become Very Good At Being Curators Or Stylists. It's The Same Sort Of People That I Used To Go To Record Shops For - I Knew If Certain People Recommended Something, It Would Be Good. There's Always Going To Be Those People. It Just Depends On What They're Called: Curators Or Radio Jockeys Or Bloggers.

Kids Draw Masterpieces - They're The Best Painters Ever. I Think The Same With Music. They Could Totally Write Amazing Music If They Just Had The Right Tools. It's Important At That Age To Set Up Something, And Then Maybe Afterwards You Can Go Study Your Violin For 500 Hours A Week. But At Least In The Beginning You Know About The Options.

When I Was 20, Political Music Was The Uncoolest Thing On Earth. But When Bush Got Elected, That Was The First Time I Started Actually Reading The News.

I Have Nothing Against Kanye West. Help Me With This - I'm Not Dissing Him - This Is About How People Talk About Him. With The Last Album He Did, He Got All The Best Beatmakers On The Planet At The Time To Make Beats For Him. A Lot Of The Time, He Wasn't Even There. Yet No One Would Question His Authorship For A Second.