People think that my personality can be reduced to what?s in the songs on Hey Babe and it?s not true. But people don?t realize that.

The most rabidly religious people are the most rabidly evil.

You can feel that in the music, just the unease and the distrust of the things that satisfy people, and make people feel good.

The first kiss between two people is something really good in life.

Every song brings back memories, like I remember where I wrote all these songs. 'Universal Heartbeat' was my apartment in New York City. 'My Sister' was at my apartment in Boston. I remember places and I remember what I was thinking when I wrote it.

When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write songs. I didn't have a concept. I didn't think it through. I was just flailing around doing what comes naturally. It took me a really long time to step back and deal with what I was doing with any kind of perspective or self-awareness.