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

I project love, music and love, and I pray for peace. A good song cuts straight to the heart; sometimes it doesn't need to be too many lines - of course, I do love a good story.

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

Opinions only carry weight in the second or third person.

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.

I want to make something that's useful to someone, somewhere.

Making music and art is about expressing something that's universally human, maybe even beyond human, at best.