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

I hate my voice. I've never been comfortable singing.

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.

I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone.

I think I have some very meaningful relationships with people; we all do. At the same time, I recognize that everyone is following their own heart; there's been people who have left my life, and I don't have a problem with that. This is a transitory world; we're all spirits just looking for love and finding it and holding on.

I don't care much about politics. That kind of witchcraft I stay away from because people end up dead. I'd rather die for music.

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.