It's typical of record companies. They sign you because you're unique, and then they want to put you in a mold so they can sell records.
“In the U.S. I think there are really two reasons we should pursue energy policy. One is climate change, and the second is this notion that the oil market is cartel-ized by people, some of whom are friendly, some of whom are not, some of whom are in a more ambivalent position to us.”