I think fun is one of the best gifts we can give to each other. If everyone was having fun we'd be in good shape.

The goal is to be free and hopeful in the music. Because that's really the only intention you need. From there, every natural and powerful intention and feeling will, on its own, slide right out of you - out of your spirit.

My pain is usually caused by some sort of attack on my ego. So usually, pain is an indication of something that, eventually, I'm going to want to transcend. But sometimes pain is just pain that you sit through. I find it can have a really exhilarating effect.

It's so rare that I'll read or even watch an interview. I don't want to, either. I don't want to see other people's comments.

For me, it's very childish to tour on a train. And I think that's a powerful quality, to inspire childishness.

The main thing that I've learned, artistically, is that if I'm in pain and feeling the budding of anger - if I absolutely feel like I need to write a song about it, I'll either need to transform that anger into something positive, or I'll just need to throw the song away. Because eventually, I'm going to want to transcend that pain and that anger.

I think that when you're open, you're at your most powerful.