We think we understand a song's lyrics but what makes us believe in them, or not, is the music
Nobody ever thinks a song is about them. Well, not when it's mean. When it's a good song everybody thinks it's about them. And when it's mean, nobody thinks it's about them.
I don't believe in false memories, like I don't believe in false songs.
A good song to one person could just be something mediocre to somebody else. It's always strange thinking about how songs connect with people.
When you've written a song, sometimes it's really hard to wrap your brain around what somebody else is doing, or maybe the way that they see the song.
I think it's mainly the language barrier and the cultural barrier, but of course also my songs, they have been very serious and melancholic, and so maybe people need to see more of my bubbly side and my personality.
I never think any song really feels like a 'hit' - a song either feels good or bad, in my opinion.
I think once you've seen a song with a video, it limits your own mind's ability to read into it anything other than what you've seen.
I love narrative videos, but sometimes I think they can limit a listener's experience of a song.
In France a lot of songs were ruined by their associations with commercials. But so far no Apple commercial has ruined a song for me.
Without "Louie Louie" a symphony is not quite so grand.
