You say how you feel, and songs don't lie. Songs are the most honest form of human expression there is--there's nothing that lies about a song.

I think in terms of emotions. And feelings. So sometimes what I say may not always be clear. But creatively, there's a lot to be said for that way of thinking.

The idea of taking a song, envisioning the overall sound in my head and then bringing the arrangement to life in the studio...well, that gives me satisfaction like nothing else.

If you're going to write a song, try to get together with a collaborator because it's better to write with collaborators.

I'm happy; I'm a happy person.

I approach my music-making as an art-form--something pure from the spirit to which I can add dynamics and marketable reality. Music is genuine and healthy and the stimulation I get from molding it and adding dynamics is like nothing else on earth.

I have stage fright every single concert I've ever done. I have at least four or five minutes of it. It's absolute living hell.