So what Ghost Stories means to me is like you've got to open yourself up to love and if you really do, of course it will be painful at times, but it will be great at some point.

I know being on a major label is meant to be antiquated, but we're fine with it.

Even when other people don’t expect a lot out of you,you have to take the initiative.

Even though the album is an endangered species, can we try and make a coherent and good one, even if it's like making a horse and cart at a Nascar conference?

More idiots should just shut their mouths.

In America idea of freedom isn't actually about freedom. That's about power. The point of an artist is to find out what are the flavors that I must work with. Finding one's freedom is about surrendering to your helplessness.

When you're on your fifth album, you are going to be judged against all your previous work and expectations.