Life for me is about movement.

The Internet is overrated. It's much smaller an innovation than people think it is. I don't think it's changed the way anybody makes music.

Really the only thing holding a lot of records together is the personality of the singer, and the will to write all of these different things.

Some people can't physically hear things. A kid that listens to Metallica or something can't hear that, because he's filled himself up with this stuff, he physically can't hear a banjo or a harp or something.

Serious music usually doesn't pay.

When you work with new people, I think that it throws all of the matters into relief, because you have to explain yourself every time. It's like crossing a new border. They want to see your documents.

Happiness isn't a fortune in a cookie. It's deeper, wider, funnier, and more transporting than that.