I was like, 'Josh Tillman, you are not a songwriter. You are an ape. Stop thinking of yourself as a songwriter.'

There's no one to stop you but yourself.

There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.

Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.

When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you.

I had this revelation, you are a lot better at the between-song stuff than you are at the song stuff. That was devastating. And I usually find devastating things to be pretty valuable.