Don't run back inside, darlin', you know just what I'm here for. So you're scared and you're thinkin' we ain't that young any more...Show a little faith! There's magic in the night. You ain't a beauty, but hey, you're all right.

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

It's hard to be a saint in the city.

I think that is what film and art and music do; they can work as a map of sorts for your feelings.

I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.

Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don't have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my music. I don't deny anything, I don't advocate anything, I just live with it.

What if what you do to survive kills the things you love?