I am really pleased to hear each of my songs described as a total surprise. This is what I want!

I always write from rhythm first, so if I need a song fast, I have to start there. Then I just threw some electric guitar at it.

When I began writing songs, there was a pretty direct line between what was happening in my life and what I wrote about. So my first album was really all about my failed attempts to make a particular relationship work.

My approach to writing and recording now is pretty much the same as when I started. Except now I worry even less about what people will think of what I made. And I am not drunk.

I wanted to touch on the piece where often politicians use "god" to excuse their actions.

It's funny because my main awkwardness around writing the song had little to do with the method.

So many policy decisions that effect musicians are being made without any input from musicians at all.