I'm not a spiritual person at all, but I do think that the world doesn't have to be as lonely as it is.

Time and time again I can't please myself.

I think the biggest, saddest thing that happens in our lives is that we just don't embrace the things that could make it better because they don't seem to make it better at any given moment or we can't decide how to get across the aisle to that person.

There's people who think what they need and what they deserve in their lives is a lot worse than what they actually do, so they get themselves involved in things that are needlessly painful: brutal relationships, abusive relationships.

For me, songwriting is something like breathing: I just do it. But that doesn't mean you're fantastic.

It's impossible having five, six, seven people in a room being creative together and not fight, because you want to fight. It's the only way creativity works, if you all put your ideas in.

If you've never stared off into the distance, then your life is a shame.