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

I like California a lot. There's a lot of space, but it's actually the most populated place in the nation.

You have to collaborate with the moment and the environment. It kind of was magnified by the house being a studio.

Having friends who are records nerds - that's the best thing you can do, have a record-geek friend to take you far.

"I meditate." That's like saying "I eat." Think of all the food there is! And there are almost as many varieties of mediation.

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.

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.