I feel like there are a lot of people doing a lot of hard work. I think it's too early to judge, and I don't think the gay community is in any way falling short.

I think you just have to take the bad with the good and you're going to get hurt more, but it's worth it.

But if you want to be a songwriter-based musician, whether you play punk or rock or country or jazz, whatever, you have to work on your songwriting and you have to work on being able to play in front of people, I think. That performance is how you create the groundwork for a lasting career.

Tolerance ain't the same as acceptance, even though we all wish it was.

I have a lyric journal that I write in a lot. When I’m going to play, I just sit down and have my books with me and my notes and tapes and whatever I need to refer to. I just play and try different things. It’s a kind of discipline.

I don't typically work that late into the night in a studio, I'm more productive during the day.

Music is such a good way to resist. It keep you strong, it has dignity.