I feel like a quote out of context.

With a song, it only takes a couple of minutes to go back to the beginning and try it again to see if it works. The novel freaks me out because, what if you get into the eighth chapter and think, 'Let's go to the top and see if this works again? It's going to take me three weeks.' I'm in awe of that.

I've gotten to the point where I realize that I need to tell my truth in music and not walk around blabbing my mind.

If you're afraid they might discover your redneck past, there are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past.

The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We're growing old. It's getting late.

Being capable of anything is a bullshit concept, unless it means you also admit that you're capable of cheating, lying and killing.

I used to do this big rant at the end of some gigs with Ben Folds Five. The band broke into this big heavy metal thing and I started as a joke to scream in a heavy metal falsetto. I found myself saying things like: Feel my pain, I am white, feel my pain.