I can sing very comfortably from my vantage point because a lot of the music was about a loss of innocence, there's innocence contained in you but there's also innocence in the process of being lost.

What you were singing about was believable and convincing, that's the key to a great singer.

I looked at myself, and I just said, well, you know, I can sing but I'm not the greatest singer in the world. I can play guitar very well, but I'm not the greatest guitar player in the world... And so I said, well, if I'm going to project an individuality, it's going to have to be in my writing.

I still like to go to record stores, I like to just wander around and I'll buy whatever catches my attention.

I cut my bow from the wood of this tree of evil. Of this tree of good, I want a kiss from your lips.

But I think that your entire life is a process of sorting out some of those early messages that you got.

For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive