For a song I was bought Now I lie when I talk With a careful eye on the cue card. Onto a stage I was pushed, With my sorrow well rehearsed. So give me all your pity and your money, now (all of it).

The worst thing you can do as an artist is to repeat yourself.

I wanna be your happiness. I wanna be your common sense pain.

I believe that vinyl will outlast CDs. There's no reason for it, but it stays around because there are still people that want them.

Rock and roll seems to have had a mellowing in the business where it got harder to sell individual records and make money doing that.

To me, a political song is also a personal song. Most political activism has been driven by empathy for other people and the desire for a world that's less divisive. Even if songs aren't overtly political, they can make a listener more empathetic.

It's dangerous to buy into praise and criticism for what you do when you're trying to present your music to people. I don't ignore it completely, but I don't dwell on it too much.