I don't believe people when they say their songs have nothing to do with their personal life.

If you can't be psyched about your own thoughts, then how are you supposed to have a meaningful interaction with anyone?

I guess that in a lot of ways, my writing is more of a character to me than something that I feel personally attached to.

If, you know, all your life you're making films or whatever, and somehow along the way you lose meaning in whatever you're doing when you're making the films, they're just not the same as they used to be to you. That doesn't mean your life is over; it just means maybe go try to live a different life.

I listen to tapes a lot. I have a car that only (has a cassette player). I like the nostalgic factor.

I'm sure that the meaning of the songs that I've written will change for me over the years, the same way that I can't even say what inspired some of the songs that I've been singing for a long time anymore.

Music is the first thing I ever cared greatly about. I've been singing and writing songs since I was six or seven.