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

I miss working. It's real, you know? But I don't know anything but songwriting, and I don't even know that. I didn't go to school; the only thing I know how to do is this. The only thing that I know is that I know nothing.

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

I wouldn't claim to know what another person is thinking. I can imagine it, but it's my interpretation, and I try to make that clear. It's my vision of what I think their life is. I don't think there are empirical truths in that regard.

Musicians wake up and create a more loving community by creating heavier music.

I grew up in the suburbs and was raised on rap radio, so it took me a long time to stumble upon the acoustic guitar as a resource for anything.

I wouldn't go into the studio if I didn't have a band who's ready, willing, and able.