That's the thing about inspiration, it just smacks you upside the head, you can't plan for it. It comes like a stranger in the night; you never know ….

I don't know about timeless. I actually think most of what I do is completely modern, but universally modern. Who decides what timeless even means? A….

Usually there's no specific reason for loneliness - it's a broad feeling..

I love songs because by nature they are concise; they sum up. I try to use as few words as possible. It's usually funnier that way, anyway..

A baseball team is like a band. Because, conceptually, there are no heroes in baseball - there's just the team..

This is rock'n'roll, not classical music. It's about people working together..

Making music and art is about expressing something that's universally human, maybe even beyond human, at best..

I've always been interested in an idea of boundless love - an impersonal, big love..

A lot of religious texts make for good reading. That's why they hold up..

I wouldn't claim to know what another person is thinking. I can imagine it, but it's my interpretation, and I try to make that clear. It's my vision ….

As it turns out, it's really expensive to make movies, much more than records..

I don't like going to the studio. It just seems too cold. There's no crowd to react to, or share anything with; it's just talking into a microphone t….

I miss working. It's real, you know? But I don't know anything but songwriting, and I don't even know that. I didn't go to school; the only thing I k….

I think a master craftsman is someone who is unpretentious. He has a physical object in front of him and, while he works with a higher aim, he doesn'….

I think I try to do a lot of things to weed out casual fans..

I do like the word timeless. That's a great word..

The writing of the record didn't take long, because I just have a huge stack of papers and I just pluck from the stack. It took a long time because i….

I'm not trying to write for the masses. I don't care..

Making music and art is about expressing something that's universally human, maybe even beyond human, at best. To make it about the artist and to dwe….

If you've ever sang in falsetto, you know that your throat is between your voice and your mouth. In a standard voice, you sing from your belly. And w….

When I was young, I used to go to Baha'i camp, and they taught me a lot about the equality of religions..