There just is exponentially more money in the movie business than in the music business. As a result there are more people involved in the creative process.

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

People really need to show up early to hear Hollis Brown. They are just an unbelievable live band.

But what you realise after you've been in the business for a while is that people develop opinions about you that don't have anything to do with your music, they like or dislike you for a million reasons, they like or dislike you for your last record.

I have a lot of problems understanding connections between people and how to negotiate that. It makes everything hard offstage.

I can't remember all the times I've tried to tell myself to hold on to these moments as they pass

You have to kind of shift the way you look at life when you're in a group of people that you work with. It's not so much, do they make you feel good when you're around them all the time; it's how can you make everyone feel comfortable together.