People want to be successful, and they want to be acknowledged for what they do. Sometimes they make really great art and aren't. Historically, the best artists weren't. But their work survived.

Trying to find comfort in perpetual discomfort has been my life's work.

Some people like to say serendipitous. I like to say magical.

I think five percent of all songs can be love songs, and another five percent can be miscellaneous or political, but the rest should just be about medieval feminists.

I didn't want to make a record that was just guitar and voice, that was just the technology available to me. At the time, I remember thinking, "I am making a Faust album." That didn't translate.

I've always wanted to write a song that goes, "I love you" and a book that goes, "Something happened." Something very direct.

It only takes one profound experience to change somebody's life.