I swear that I'm dying slowly but it's happening, and if the perfect spring is waiting somewhere... just take me there.

When you write a song, the goal is not to convey the details of your life. You should write a memoir or something if that's what you're going to do.

Life is always surprising to me. When you think it's going to get dull, it never really does.

When people have real faith in something, it's fascinating to me. And the fact that so many people, in surveys, so many people say they do. It kind of blows my mind.

I definitely think religion is responsible for a lot of the evils of the world. I mean that's not really in debate. But at the same time, I think whatever gets you through the day, whatever helps you make sense of life I'm not gonna begrudge my grandmother with her rosary beads. It works for them. And at the end of the day, I don't claim to know the answer to anything.

Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.

A kid that picks up a record, he doesn't need to know anything other than the music and have it in his or her headphones. They're getting ideas directly, it's like someone whispering in their ear. That's such a personal way to receive information.