The musicians themselves don't seem to know enough about why they're in the positions they're in, so they're afraid to lose those positions.

If you're wandering the streets, talking in gibberish, nobody ever asks you to change anything about your art because there's no context for people to look at what you do.

No matter how naturally gifted you are, it's your passion that's going to make you better and maybe touch some people.

The musicians themselves don't seem to know enough about why they're in the positions they're in, so they're afraid to lose those positions.

All I do is listen to music. It's a weird thing. It's like I have so much catching up to do. I've always been over my head. That's just the way I work best, you know. Like when you're studying for school you think, "I can only study when I have to study the night before." That kind of means you're lazy or you're a procrastinator, but for me with music it's a similar thing. It's like I've been over my head for most of my career so to speak.

I have ideas all of the time from the beginning, but they never really wind up turning out like I thought they would.

Some people have been listening to the Beatles their whole lives; I didn't discover them until I was 18 years old. As a result, I'm still very affected and moved by their music - maybe in a way that's different from someone who grew up around it.