Creating a decent pop song is a challenge - and occasionally, once in every decade - it's kind of fun to do that.

I knew that I had to find my own voice, both figuratively and literally.

I don't listen to a lot of music any more and even the people I've loved for years - the Nick Drakes of this world - I can't go back to them and listen to them over and over.

Creating a decent pop song is a challenge - and occasionally, once in every decade - it's kind of fun to do that.

Zen Buddhism is a discipline where belief isn't necessary.

It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs.

I like to explore a lot of textural, arrangement aspects in the studio.