All that I need now is someone with the brains and the know-how to tell me what I want.

It really doesn't matter to me what people say about me anymore.

I suppose I should be happy to be misread; better be that than some of the other things I have become.

For me, there's a fine line between telling a story that's fictional with lots of details and then removing yourself too much from it, so it's bloodless, a little too fictional.

It's more important for me to have a good record with good music and be part of a movie that's good and where the music is used in a really great way. That's the important thing. The other stuff you want to say about it, I don't care.

Telling what you feel, trying to talk about what's important to you, does not make you weaker.

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.