No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.

I don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords.

Most of the songs that I appreciate are lyrically vague.

I've done my share of busking, and it's fun until it isn't. There are musicians in the subways that will make you cry, they're so good.

I'm not a home-studio guy. I spend a lot of time working by myself developing songs, but I really need some other counterpart to help me pull it all together, because you go nuts working if I had to finish an entire project all within my own head.

Songwriting requires some sort of ceremony to even get the process started, and it can be somewhat arbitrary.

I've always had levity in my songs, so I like to turn things over, twist them around, and make fun of myself.