If you emphasize one part of the song, it trivializes the rest of the music..

I was in a Montessori school. There was a drum circle with all the kids passing around a little bongo drum. I was the last person in the circle, and ….

The only person who is hurt by jealousy is you... Eliminate that word from your life... it may not make you unsuccessful selling your art, but it wil….

Inspiration and creativity, they ride right next to one anotherNot everyday are you going to wake up, the clouds are gonna part and the rays are gonn….

There are distractions, all around. There's so much media, for a young kid to battle against, to get to something soulful. You have to make a decisio….

Inspiration and work ethic - they ride right next to each other..

Many days you will want to give up because of rejections and failures. Passion to be an artist will help you prevail where others fail..

I have never in my whole life asked for an autograph. It seems a little ... unnecessary..

The main things to rebel against - over-production, too much technology, overthinking. It's a spoiled mentality; everything is too easy. If you want ….

I can't imagine being anything creative in a major town because everybody's doing the same exact thing you're doing. How can you not get confused abo….

A riff can take on the aspect of a chorus in a listener's psyche..

Some people consider the way Shakespeare was writing about Ophelia as erotomania-that she was delusional in thinking that Hamlet was in love with her….

I don't think there is room for 'artistic temperament.' Professional artists understand art is a business. If businesses ran their companies like man….

Success is having a career that you love with every fiber in your body..

Every album I've done pretty much has been not in a pleasant, quote-unquote, environment - it's freezing cold, or it was somebody's house with not-th….

The Eagle does not escape the storm. The Eagle simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It spreads its mighty wings and rises on the winds that bring….

Jesus Christ, is this an NPR convention?.

Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I….

I want love to roll me over slowly stick a knife inside me, and twist it all around.... I want love to walk right up and bite me grab a hold of me an….

All of us need to self-promote. We cannot sit back and wait for our gallery or rep to do it all..

My mother's the youngest of 10 children too, so we have sort of a special bond in that we know what that feels like. It's a strange spot to be in..