I think the suggestion that all my songs are personal is insulting because that assumes that I have a bunch of issues that I feel the need to unload ….

Everybody gets a tag. If you listen to a Velvet Underground record, you don't think, 'Godfathers of Punk.' You just think, 'This sounds great.' The t….

I got tired of doing battle with people thinking I was a little weird because I wasn't in a band making happy, stilted music. The only people who rea….

Theres a bunch of Elvis Costello records that made all the difference between feeling like a total freak and feeling like ... only a freak. A freak a….

Burning every bridge that I cross to find some beautiful place to get lost..

It's hard to represent chaos, or like an absence of something. It's much easier to represent the presence of something or a situation..

I don't really think of time off as writing blocks. I think that's a western notion of demonizing inactivity. When your imagination decides it needs ….

There's always that argument to make - that you're in better company historically if people don't understand what you're doing..

I liked the idea of a self-contained, endless pursuit of perfection. But I have a problem with perfection. I don't think perfection is very artful. B….

I truly hope the future will bring me something to feel nostalgic about, because there's really nothing much so far I can remember fondly..

I didn't have a hard time making it. I had a hard time letting it go..

Nothing's gonna drag me down to a death that's not worth cheating..

Music is worth doing just because. It doesn’t have to be justified by some political point of view, and it’s kind of insulting to the music to make i….

If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy..

He made his life a lie so he might never have to know anyone..

Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail..

All your secret wishes could right now be coming true..

The devil's script sells you the heart of a blackbird..

Everything means nothing to me.

Somewhere where people aren't so mad would be nice, but I don't know if there is anywhere like that..

You can't get better at things you never play..