Mortal City was really influenced by geography. [The song] "The Ocean" is the Pacific Northwest. Southern California and New York also figure into songs, and Iowa. "February" is very much about New England. "Mortal City" is Philadelphia. The whole album is this anthropomorphized landscape where the metaphors live in this geography.

I just think the reassurance and the steadiness and the hands-on kindness can make a huge difference.

The best, most solid place to stand as you look at our present situation is on a foundation of history. The Roman Empire, the British Empire, and the Nazi empire all have things in common.

Guiding the ship takes more the your skill. It is the compass inside as the strength of your will.

Therapy was the biggest romance of my life.

Sometimes life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging.

I think we're coming to a place where we're saying all war is wrong. We might even learn something about the sensationalism we get caught up in with people like Donald Trump.