When everybody is playing at the same level, there's so much more noise. And there's less incentive for the people who should be rising above that noise to take time and invest in what they're doing. It just becomes about hustling and grabbing attention.

I'd rather have a strong career, playing and selling records to a loyal audience, then having one record that exploded. That would be devastating.

No-one wants to hear anything spoken in earnest anymore, unless it happens to involve unrequited, teenage love.

There's a little less pressure in doing a solo tour, in some ways a simpler setup. A little bit more relaxed. But then also there's also - doing the big tours is exciting, because you get to put on the big show and everything. But I don't know if I would prefer one over the other. I guess it's no secret that I just don't like touring in general, but it's sort of the reality of the business these days.

All instruments sound fantastic in a church.

I have a conflicted relationship with musicals, because I think the music itself can be so horrendous. It's an industry that relies on appealing to a mainstream culture in order to survive.

I wish I had a better range, but I really have a super-limited one. Barely a tenor, dips into baritone - that's about it.