At a major label you can start to feel that you're working for them, and that any work you do, you're never going to see any benefit.

One of the things I've really gotten past in the last couple of years is the idea of being made uncomfortable by the way things appear, rather than how things are. Clearly in this business you have to contend with a lot of that.

The king of the jailhouse and the queen of the road think sharing the burden will lighten the load.

The knock-out punch is always the one you never see coming.

It's in the dictionary. And when I find what it is, I'll write it down in case it comes up again, I'll be certain to avoid it.

I certainly understand that we're all trying to make a living, but I'm not thinking about that when I'm making it. And if that's your sole motivation, it's going to reflect that narcissistic greed and you're going to hear it in the music.

Life is a series of problems to figure out how to solve gracefully and with dignity. That is what life is and I can't see it any other way.