I've always been interested in an idea of boundless love - an impersonal, big love.

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

I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words.

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.

If you've ever sang in falsetto, you know that your throat is between your voice and your mouth. In a standard voice, you sing from your belly. And when you sing in a falsetto, you're blocking that. It gives it a filter. It gives it a character. It's less revealing.

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

I don't think music is my job - I don't think about it that way, because I don't really get paid. There's no paycheck at the end; it's more of a 'whatever is left over' kind of situation.