Rock & roll doesn't belong on a grid. It belongs on a pulse - a natural pulse.

Rick Rubin's amazing, by the way. I just need to say that.

It's not a 'sexy' position, being the producer. You have to be very bossy. You have to be very aggressive.

A lot of people call me a 'machine,' and I don't think a lot of men or women operate the way I do.

I'm not a children's songwriter. I'm not in that world.

I don't ever get too literal.

We're married. We are one now. There's no running away. We have to deal with things together and figure them out, and that's the greatest gift. I'm in it. People ask me, 'How do you maintain a relationship?' I don't know, but all I do know is that I chose Sara to be the one, and when I choose something, that's all that matters, and I'm totally in.

I would love for Radiohead to give me a call and say, 'Hey, kid, we wanna see what it's like working with you. We want you to produce our next record.'

I want to be a producer and not a songwriter.

I love Pink, and I love Christina Aguilera. Something about Christina always inspires me to do things that are really different.