The sorrow grows bigger when the sorrow's denied.

Darkness comes in waves...tell me, why invite it to stay?

I probably get strangers coming up to me two or three times a week to just say something nice.

One thing you might suggest to a young band is don't get involved in any kind of long-term contract because everything changes on a bimonthly basis: The way people hear music and access it, the way it is distributed.

When I had a child, everyone was telling me that I was going to see the world through her eyes, and everything was going to get this nice gloss to it. I kept waiting for that to happen, and thought there was a real problem with me that it wasn't.

You know, rock stardom... I have a hard time discussing that because I don't really accept it. It's not really that tangible. What's really bizarre is how it's used as a thing - you know, 'He's the rock star of politics,' 'He's the rock star of quarterbacks' - like it's the greatest thing in the world.

You feel that no matter what's said in the music or how pointed it may get, the most you can wish for is that it plants a few seeds.