I think human beings make life beautiful. There's a lot of beauty in everything. I think what makes life beautiful is the ability to acknowledge that.

The freeway is just like veins without a heart.

I have a really hard time connecting to music that doesn't feel like I'm somehow solving a puzzle that applies to my life.

I consider myself a person like everyone else, and I take my time writing my records because I feel like it captures more of who I am. You have a much greater chance of hitting on themes and points...that could play into someone else's life in a larger way.

You know, frankly, it's like I sort of realized something about life in the past six or eight months - that taking things a day at a time is a blessing and it's an honor and it's something that makes the day that you're living a lot more valuable

...You know what I mean?

I think that's the most important thing: when life kind of screws you over a little bit, you've got to learn from that experience.