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.

Once biographical information contaminates your consciousness, it's impossible to erase it and look at someone's work the same way again.

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

It's not like that when you're a songwriter - songwriters aren't like pulp writers or journalists, even. You just follow the muse. It's called muse-ic. Whenever the muse decides to bestow her inspiration on the songwriter, then the song is born.

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

It's hard to make out the difference between insults and bad advice.

I think I like singing when I'm singing live. It's just in the studio when it's a drag.