The melodies are always the most important part to me. I am pulled more to the groove than the chord progression. After you find the groove, you find the most simple chord progressions and then sit inside that groove.

I don't want to die, obviously, but really, the wonder of life is amplified by the fact that it ends.

Success turns a lot of people off. I have a pretty solid sense of joy and respect that irritates people, and can irritate me, too.

Life it seems a struggle between what we think and what we see

Always walk where you like your steps.

Isn't it strange how we move out lives for another day? Like skipping a beat, what if a great wave should wash us all away?

I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy; about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge.