It's in vogue to have a cause and give money in charity. But to actually speak up and say something like, I'm pissed about this" - that doesn't seem to be very popular unless you're writing a blog or tweeting.

It seems like everything I do musically I tend to lose a few fans and gain a few fans, and it all kind of evens out.

I know a girl who cries when she practices violin because each note sounds so pure it just cuts into her, and then the melody comes pouring out her eyes. Now, to me, everything else just sounds like a lie.

One by one I drowned all the people I’d been.

The drunk kids, the catholics They're all about the same They're waiting for something Hoping to be saved

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.

Hip-hop music has done a very good job of maintaining the political context, where they stand and not giving a sh-t what people think.