I don't leave my neighborhood. I don't go anywhere. There are four blocks I live in and there are two coffee shops, one at each end of the block... so I don't do much driving... Some people would say they never see me because I don't go anywhere. I stay in the blue state of Nashville, in my bubble.

I start songs all the time. If I weren't so lazy, I would finish them. It's like when I have a deadline I have to. I always feel very lucky that I am forced to make records at certain times. If I was forced to make 2 records a year, I would write twice as many songs. I can't make myself finish something unless I am forced

I think a lot of good directors listen to music while they're working. The songs just don't become a part of the film. They're replaced.

You can't really control how people hear stuff. It's hard to remember that. I have to let go of it.

I have manic energy. What can be done about it? I don't know what to say sometimes. I'm professional in public, but I like to stay inside and be a hermit.

I do think that when you make repeated mistakes, it's usually because you're just not coming to grips with something.

Even though I live in America more, I feel like when I go to Adelaide, that's when I get to go home.