When I'm in a city that's just clean, concrete lines, I get really short of breath and confused. It's much more interesting to me when nature is creeping back and tearing the mortar apart between the bricks.

I had a guitar leaning against the wall and I'd squint at it. It was almost like a dog that had been kicked - I didn't think I had anything to offer it.

Musically, I didn't relate to Berlin. There seemed to be a lot of machine music made there - I don't think I saw a stringed instrument in two years.

There's something about live recordings now that's too hi-fi.

Everything becomes closer once you realize that the world is only as far away as a nap and a meal.

Songwriting is a really fortunate skill to have to frame living and to find new ways to observe things you're going through.

I'm a nostalgic person and I really like rehashing and digging around the mental trunks.