Every time I finish a song... most of the time it's in my own head, like this sounds too much like a Townes Van Zandt song, or whoever. I realize there are so many melodies and chord progressions in pop and rock music that are so similar that you can kind of trace it back to other things. Most of the time it's just in your head.

Considering our history, I can think of nothing more American than an immigrant.

If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall, I think we'd see the beauty then and stand staring in awe.

I always embrace the worst-case scenario.

They say they don't know when but a day is gonna come. When there won't be a moon and there won't be a sun. It will just go black. It will just go back to the way it was before.

Love's an excuse to get hurt.

I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to focus.