When I write a song, I see a tunnel, and then the chorus is an open space, or the bassline is doing this shape. I see songs as a more of a geometric, spacial experience.

I learned what a lot of women have to do is make the guys in the room think it was their idea, and then you back them up.

I have always had a certain song in my head, a certain chemistry of sounds.

People that complete other people's vision are understated.

I am grateful... grapefruit.

Now that rock is turning 50, it's become classical in itself. It's interesting to see that development.

I mean, I've never been thinking that if you're a fan you have to buy everything that somebody puts out. I mean, you've got a choice. If you don't want it, just don't buy it. It's also a reaction to YouTube and sharing of files. A lot of it is really bad sound, really low quality. So the librarian in me wants it at least to exist there so that in 20 years when I'm sitting in my rocking chair, it will still exist in the best sound quality possible, even though it only sold 1000 units or whatever. As much as I love the whole pirate kind of thing, the quality suffers.