I just want to leave this world with a massive catalog of songs.

Songs you can dip in and out of, but a book... well, it can overpower you.

I would hate to think my songs were giving advice to people.

You can't trust an artist that just makes good records.

The more settled I've become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle songs and these came at a time when life was at its most destructive. I think you write about what you need, on some level.

Most of the time, feelings just seem to get in the way. They're a luxury for the idle, a bourgeois concept. Feelings are overrated.