I'm a bit of a vagabond - a person who loses time and space because you don't know where you are.

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 think one thing people forget is that every technological advance we fetishize had its place in time.

CDs are usually an hour long because that's the amount a CD could hold - not because that's the optimal amount of time for any given musical expression.

I'd listen to things that felt really good in the moment and realize they were clouded by enthusiasm or caffeine. And things that I was struggling to get out ended up being really compelling. It's an emotional roller coaster; there's exhilaration and there's shame.

I like to deal with my dark side in a creative way, and just sing about killing people instead of actually doing it.

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