I took piano lessons when I was a little kid, but even before that, you're singing in the classroom and wherever. Gosh, children are always singing. But I took music lessons, some choir and things like that at school. I learned how to play the guitar when I was about 13... ancient history.

People take things a little too personal. I write these songs, and they're experiments with thoughts. That's it. I'm not a teacher.

A lot of religious texts make for good reading. That's why they hold up.

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

When I was young, I used to go to Baha'i camp, and they taught me a lot about the equality of religions.

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.

It's not my way to talk about my feelings. They're impudent to myself, so it wouldn't make any sense if I tried to explain them to anyone else. I've never been to therapy - not interested in it.