No one likes to have less than they had before. That's the nature of the human animal.

Americans have decided to be stupid and shallow since 1980.

We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes people that threaten him in any way, or even say something he doesn't like. It has no resemblance to democracy.

Edith Piaf knocked my socks off when I was 8, but I didn't know what she was singing about.

An unhappy mother does not raise a happy child.

Fame is a series of misunderstandings surrounding a name.

The thing that gave me the most pain in life, psychologically, and it gave me tremendous pain psychologically, is man's disrespect for nature.

I see music as fluid architecture.

I heard someone from the music business saying they are no longer looking for talent, they want people with a certain look and a willingness to cooperate.

Rachmaninoff made a musician out of me. His 'Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini' was the piece that sent me into raptures. It spoke to me. To me, it was a tender entreaty for the misunderstood.

You wake up one day and suddenly realize that your youth is behind you, even though you're still young at heart.

My heart is broken in the face of the stupidity of my species.

When the world becomes a massive mess with nobody at the helm, it's time for artists to make their mark.

You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my eyes, until it went through a period of sensitivity to a moment of clarity. Without that moment of clarity to contribute to the song, it's just complaining.

Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.

I thrive on change. That's probably why my chord changes are weird, because chords depict emotions. They'll be going along on one key and I'll drop off a cliff, and suddenly they will go into a whole other key signature. That will drive some people crazy, but that's how my life is.

It is a pleasure for me when 'Rise,' which many people loved, was covered by a famous group like IZ'ONE.

There's benefits of having established artists on the record, Liam Payne on 'Polaroid' for example. If you look at that song you have Lennon Stella, who's an up-and-coming artist, so there's a balance on there because I still want people to focus on the song just as much as Liam being an amazing superstar.

A turntable is the classic DJ's weapon for playing vinyl, but the mixer is the device that actually allows you to blend multiple tracks together to create a mix.

I'm a massive Justin Bieber fan. You've got be able to admit that.

When I got to high school, to be playing an instrument was really uncool.

I always strive to make my music unique.

The adrenaline is like nothing else. You might be tired or whatever else, but when you get on that stage and see people reacting there's nothing like it. It's a bit god-like - that feeling that nothing can feel better.

I stay up night after night looking at new software, seeing new trends, what music's happening you know you've just got stay constantly connected and that's just something that I do and I think is really important.