Once biographical information contaminates your consciousness, it's impossible to erase it and look at someone's work the same way again..

Beggars can't be choosers. We don't have all the money in the world. So anyone who wants to be in the band and be broke - that's their own death wish..

I took piano lessons when I was a little kid, but even before that, you're singing in the classroom and wherever. Gosh, children are always singing. ….

Try to keep your mind. Try not to eat bad, try not to wake up with too bad of a hangover..

I think it's worthwhile to expand your comfort level and just do something awful. I wasn't trying to make music for money..

Opinions only carry weight in the second or third person..

People just wanna see someone talking about themselves constantly. I'm not interested in that..

As long as there are a few people there, I can lose myself, which is the ultimate goal. And that's happening more and more; the non-musical world is ….

I don't think I'm even a musician. I don't play a lot of instruments, not really a soloist or anything..

I was just a folk singer. I cut my teeth on the streets, you know..

Even if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling..

I love being lost! I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone. I think I have some very meanin….

It's hard to make out the difference between insults and bad advice..

Elvis Presley wore a Star of David and a cross around his neck and, when someone asked him about it, he said, "It makes me think." I love that quote.….

I couldn't write a political song. There's just opinion; it's all arbitrary anyway. It's all subjective..

I just like writing lyrics. I find a little satisfaction in performing live, making records. But primarily, I just try to write every day..

I think I prefer singing in falsetto. I like the way it sounds. It doesn't sound like my natural voice. It sounds like a character..

I grew up in the suburbs and was raised on rap radio, so it took me a long time to stumble upon the acoustic guitar as a resource for anything..

I'm making music with my friends. It's fun. It should be fun. You shouldn't make music if it isn't fun..

This is a transitory world, we're all spirits just looking for love and finding it, and holding on. Even if it's a moment it's true love, true love d….

It's not like that when you're a songwriter - songwriters aren't like pulp writers or journalists, even. You just follow the muse. It's called muse-i….