I feel like a quote out of context.

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

Everything I write is personal, really. Even when I'm sarcastic, it's quite personal. And on this record, from the production to the singing to the performances, I got it really honest. To the modern ear, it seems soft. When you hear it against other things, it seems vulnerable. Lyrically and musically, though, this is more subtle. And, yes, it's asking a lot of someone who's used to being hit over the head with bright neon to listen to this.

The nature of honesty is that if someone has information or knows something about you that you don't want heard, then they have power over you.

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

Why would I want to sound like Joni Mitchell? I've got Joni Mitchell records, and they're great, and I couldn't possibly be that good.

If the melody is telling me this is what the song is about, then I'm sort of forced into confession, autobiography or fantasy. If I don't do that, I've hamstrung the melody.