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

I don't like the word "happy." I wouldn't want to use it that context. I enjoy writing songs, it's a really good challenge, it tickles me. It's a wonderful way to engage with your surroundings, through poetry and songs.

Music is the marriage of the feelings of the living to the wisdom of the dead.

I don't really write for an album. I just write songs whenever I feel like it, whenever they come to me. It's all a complete accident.

I've always littered my songs with jokes. You might need to dig a little deeper to find the humor, but I would totally object to being some kind of distraught personality. I've never tried to attach myself to that.

The writing of the record didn't take long, because I just have a huge stack of papers and I just pluck from the stack. It took a long time because it's very expensive to make records; in fact, I think it's a complete rip-off.

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