Part of the joy of music is listening to lots of different kinds of music and learning from it. Specifically for me, I like writing songs that move me, and what moves me are beautiful songs on the piano or the guitar and really, really heavy music.
I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.
Some artists want a producer to be a kind of svengali - someone who actually creates a sound for them.

