I think I prefer singing in falsetto. I like the way it sounds. It doesn't sound like my natural voice. It sounds like a character.

I think I try to do a lot of things to weed out casual fans.

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.

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

I think it's worthwhile to expand your comfort level and just do something awful. I wasn't trying to make music for money.

Elvis Presley wore a Star of David and a cross around his neck and, when someone asked him about it, he said, "It makes me think." I love that quote. It's simple. It's beautiful. It's true.

I was just a folk singer. I cut my teeth on the streets, you know.