I always write the first and last song of an album first, and then the middle just kind of happens.

All music is devotional, whether it's devotion to products, face washes, creams, plastic. Everybody is devoted to something.

Musicians and artists are not... it's not like politicians or something where you can't really affect them. There's not like this separate caste system where it's like, "I'm the musician, you're the audience. Never the two shall meet." It was a case where it was like, "Hey, you know what? I'm on your level, man."

People say 'I don't want to die alone!' But you know what, honestly? I don't want to die with a bunch of people looking at me.

I'll be honest with you, one of the things that frustrated me the most out the record leak thing, it had nothing to do with record sales - I mean, that's a joke. Has anybody looked at how many records anybody sells anymore? If you're not Jay-Z, a record leaking isn't going to affect you. It was just really personal.

I'm obsessed with five different things a day. It's like lightbulbs in a Christmas light chain.

A lot of Appalachian music has a certain haunted, foggy feel to it; a certain sinister quality. And that transcends who is singing it. I think it's good if an artist can represent some kind of culture that they either aspire to ignite, or that they themselves experience.