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.

The one recurring theme in my writing, and in my life in general, is confusion. The fact that anytime you think you really know something, you're going to find out you're wrong - that is the rule. The moments where you think you have something figured out, those are the exceptions.

I do think that music has a special ability to get behind enemy lines and win hearts and minds.

When you look at what people consider success in the music industry, it's just terrible music.

The first music I ever got into was the '80s alternative bands that my brother listened to, like The Cure and The Smiths and R.E.M. and Fugazi. I can remember specifically saying The Cure was my favorite band back in second grade.

Joe Arpaio needs no help from me getting attention. For years he has been a beacon of bigotry and intolerance for all the world to see. The list of human and civil-rights abuses he’s committed in Maricopa County is long and well documented.

When everything is lonely I can be my best friend.