Next door, there's an old man who lived to his nineties and one day passed away in his sleep. And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days and passed away. I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong.

Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.

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

I divorce myself from listeners who aren't tolerant of humor. I did notice universally that, especially when it comes to weight, people look in the mirror and get the angle just right, tell themselves it's all right, and then they go out.

Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there's a lot of subtlety. That's what I'm proud of.

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.

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