Music has been already devalued by the consumer. There's an expectation that it should be free so the race to the bottom has already been won.

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

And I am a writer, writer of fictions I am the heart that you call home And I've written pages upon pages Trying to rid you from my bones.

It is better to live presently. By living thus, perhaps we can learn to understand the nature of this fragile coexistence we share with the world around us.

Prog-rock and concept records and some ambitious projects were kind of anathema post-punk. They were destroyed with the advent of punk rock. You don't necessarily need to have a degree in music composition to play in a rock band anymore, which is a great thing.

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.

If Broadway musicals were as popular as they were in the 20s, 30s, and 40s, then people like Sufjan Stevens and Iron & Wine would be writing for Broadway, which would be amazing. As it stands, it's the worst stuff that's mired in pop music.