I think having a dog makes you more compassionate.

People don't expect me to have a weird sense of humor, but I do. I'm very eccentric.

I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell's version of "A Case of You." My mom was a huge Joni Mitchell fan.

Nobody is ever just a straight up protagonist or antagonist - everybody's morally ambiguous.

People may have said, "The dude's gay; how are we going to market this?" But it's not an issue for me, because being out is very freeing.

You sing songs hundreds of times over and over, but certain ones just morph and naturally, as you age and get life experience, take on a different form as well. When I was looking at songs for the album, I thought, "Which are the ones that connect with me the most? What do I think would work in album form?" Almost all of them I've done in shows.

I have huge legs, and I never show them - not because of false modesty, I'm just not comfortable.