I really believe there's more honesty in one live show than there may be in my whole output.

I didn't have the patience for the research, or anything like that. I just like how it sets the imagination off. It's just an area that's very fertile for great words. Great metaphors, potentially.

I've literally opened it up to suggestions and it's totally chaotic and kind of a bad idea. You don't need the actual feedback to get a sense. When you're showing a song for the first time, people can feel that newness.

I write a lot more when I'm happy, because you're hopeful, you're motivated.

Sometimes I think I don't have much choice in the matter. It's just what happens, and I'm following my instincts the whole time.

I think life is a wondrous thing. I'm happy to try pretty hard.

Every time I make a record, it's kind of like scarification or something. You work 15 hours until you're stupid. You're just kind of all jittery.