I don't know how well I work in traditions. I don't know if it's just the way I listened to music growing up and never having my foot in one particular world, and just wanting to do my own thing.

I don't use the harpsichord because it evokes a past time period: I use it because I like the sound.

Tragedy' and 'Loud City Song' are both inspired by stories from the past.

I try to ignore people's opinions about my music - you don't want to hold yourself back because of that stuff.

Social media requires that business leaders start thinking like small-town shop owners. This means taking the long view and avoiding short-term benchmarks to gauge progress. It means allowing the personality, heart and soul of the people who run all levels of the business to show.

What if the Internet breaks tomorrow? Then you'd realize that you're a human being, and you're not validated by what other people think of you - it's how you think of yourself.

Mr. Robot' is more directly about technology, and 'Homecoming' deals more with the pharmaceutical industry, but I think they're all part and parcel of this growing sense that things are happening behind the scenes at our expense, and we're not aware of it.

I like sharing my family with my fans, but my son hates it. Like, I am literally blocked on all his social media.