Artist Preferences Quotes

I'm very picky about who we tour with.

I'm not big on collaborations with 'superstars.' It generally doesn't work for me.

I want to work with Danny Brown but also Cannibal Corpse and Maroon 5.

I feel like I've been way overexposed in the press. I'd rather play shows and represent myself in person.

Well, I don't let anyone record with me that is not a fan of mine or believe in my music. Everybody that records for me, from Bob Dylan on down to George Jones, everybody loves me and my music, and I knew they would do their best that they could do, and they did. I didn't doubt them a bit. There's some country people that I wouldn't want, which didn't record with me.

I listen to Migos. I listen to Drake a lot. Also 21 Savage, Kodak Black, XXXTentacion.

I don't like to do burnt material on stage. Even though my crowd loves to hear me do old stuff, I don't like to do old stuff. So I do very, very little of it.

Some people are denizens of the studio. I'm more of a denizen of the live appearance. I love the live thing.

More often than not, the fans really gravitate towards who's on the cover as opposed to how it's drawn or how it's composed, and so, a lot of the time, what an artist likes will be very different from what a fan likes.

I love One Direction. I like Eminem.

I think up until the 'Honestly' album it was very much label-company lead, of 'this is a sound that we need, this is what you need to do. You need to do ballads, you need to do a million different types of love songs,' and I hate ballads and I hate love songs.

I really want to work with Adele, I think she's amazing. Lykke Li as well. I love them both. I'd also like to work with The Script. I met them in Australia and we just got on like a house on fire.

I don't do album covers or CD covers for groups or musicians I don't like or have no interest in.