Once biographical information contaminates your consciousness, it's impossible to erase it and look at someone's work the same way again.

I don't think I'm a particularly somber human being.

You can't just explain a joke. Either it isn't funny, or the person just totally missed the punchline.

I don't live anywhere, so that's what's fun about tours.

Even if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling.

People expect not just songwriters but all personalities to pontificate about their egos.

I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone.