My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener.

No one is you, and that is your power.

A lot of people from my generation of music are so focused on playing things correctly or to perfection that they're stuck in that safe place.

Neil Young is my hero, and such a great example. You know what that guy has been doing for the past 40 years? Making music. That's what that guy does. Sometimes you pay attention, sometimes you don't. Sometimes he hands it to you, sometimes he keeps it to himself. He's a good man with a beautiful family and wonderful life.

I listen to boy band music before I have to fire someone.

You look up to your heroes and you shouldn't be intimidated by them; you should be inspired by them.

Just the other day someone threw a bra duct-taped to a tennis ball. I just stood there, playing guitar, thinking how this was totally premeditated. Some girl sat around inventing a way to get her bra onstage from 40 rows back.