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I used to be addicted to 'Reader's Digest' growing up. I would read the stories about love, and I guess that's where I became a hopeless romantic. I draw from that a lot.
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When I listen to a Coldplay record, you're gonna hear an indie band, and you know that's what you're gonna get from Coldplay. With myself, I'm not sure it's the same.
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You can't go up to girls and start talking about minor 7ths and expect to pull. It's not going to work.
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I don't do sessions for myself ever. I'm always working, writing for pop sessions. And what happens is that sometimes I like a song so much, I keep it for myself.
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I'll be the songwriter for pop stars and then they can be the front person and I don't have to be famous.
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I liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy.
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If a transporter could send me from the bed with the dogs watching crappy TV to the stage five minutes before I go on, then immediately back to bed, I would love it.
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I think, as an artist, I wear a lot of different hats, and people have to join all of the dots.
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I think it would be very difficult to maintain one kind of art or whatever for your whole life. I think it's unrealistic.
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People call me for the ballads. Apparently that's where I've been pigeonholed. But it's really interesting and really fun. It's my favourite part of the job, writing.
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I'm all for trying anything once; otherwise, you end up like David Guetta - reproducing the same formula over and over.
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When I was 21, I went to London and lived there for eight years.
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The accolades don't nourish me - being with loved ones and my dogs does.
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I don't ever think it's a good idea to try to recreate the success you've had before; it's all about chasing something fresh and new.
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Branding your song is the worst thing you can ever do. That's turning your song into a product.
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'Chandelier' took, like, four minutes to write the chords, then, like, 12-15 minutes to write the lyrics. Probably 10 or 15 minutes to cut the vocals.
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This is a sick business. It's so sad.
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Sometimes, after I finish the lyrics and have all the melodies and harmonies and the pop and vocal, I'll be like, 'I have to keep it. I love it too much.'
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About 50 percent of the songs on the radio are like, 'Live like tomorrow doesn't exist. Like it's my birthday. Like it's the last day of my life'... Such a large percentage of pop music is really about party time.
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It takes me, like, half an hour to write the lyrics for a song. They just come out.
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Like when I'm singing live I can't hear myself. I'm just listening to the rest of the band. To listen to my voice, it doesn't even feel like it's me.
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English urban artists were very used to making secondhand American music, and I thought that was boring.
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Married life is awesome.
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My fans are like, 'Lab does what he does,' which is really cool. If I came out with a Jack White rock tune tomorrow, people would be like, 'Yeah, cool man,' which is great.