I do love the ceremony of putting on a record but I don't have space for a vinyl collection.

I think anything that you can't poke fun at is a little too precious.

There's always something extremely personal in the songs, but I may change the point of view from what I actually experienced.

I was a lusty kid who loved Tennessee Williams. Sexy plays. [For musicians] there are so many that it's hard just to say one. Certain things, like the first time you hear A Love Supreme, you're floored. It takes whatever you were listening to and blows a hole in it.

I have a phobia of checking voicemail. I watched a lot of TV as a kid, and everything is, like, you're gonna get kidnapped, or somebody's gonna die, or killer bees are going to take you out. I'm a very anxious person.

The most important thing is setting up these directives for yourself. Like, "I'm only going to use these three colors - go!" That's why Einstein wore the same thing every day; you don't want to have to reinvent the wheel every morning.

Everybody's got a dark side, but mine doesn't include being around people who are mean.