Pardon the cliché, but this is the best pop band you’ve never heard.

Sufjan Stevens has clearly cemented his place as one of this country’s greatest modern composers.

She’s got a lot more happening upstairs than most of her pop contemporaries.

If Michael Jackson hadn’t given his blessing (for 'Eat It'), it’s hard to say the direction my life would’ve taken. But with Michael Jackson signing off and giving me his support...I mean, I’ve been able to ride that for quite some time.

On the direction of the new album: Certain things inspire you, but then it becomes your own thing. I think the new record is a bit heavier at times and a bit lighter at the same time. There’s a real energy in it, a lot of expression.

When people use my music, whether it’s in a movie or if they sample it and use it that way, I find it fascinating, because once it leaves me, it enters the world, and how people use these things and what it symbolizes alters from my original intent.