There's really no honor in proving that you can carry the entire load on your own shoulders. Andit's lonely.

I get so many ideas for songs, but I'm so seldom disciplined enough to sit down and crank them out.

When you connect with people, they want to help you.

The stage show is, in some sense, highly theatrical. It's definitely not just a band in jeans playing rock and roll.

It’s not easy to ask… asking makes you vulnerable.

I think I've been addicted to openness since long before my rock career. I was terrible as a teenager. I used to go out of my way to make people uncomfortable with personal details. I was always fascinated by the idea that we have these weird, random boundaries between what we do and don't show.

You tour and you work hard and you take care of your fans and very real things lead to other real things. There's never been some fantastic fluke or break in my career, it has all been very slow and steady.