There are people who can sit down and write a song about any given subject, and they can do it really, really well.

I've realized, you know, having turned 40, that rest is just as important as work. In fact, it's equally as important.

Sometimes travelling really intensely for a long time is like having a continuous nervous breakdown.

My dad was quiet, angry, shut down. So my thing is: I express everything that's there. I want to get it all out.

Well, everything about singing, I learned from busking. Everything I learned about songwriting, I learned from busking.

You know, albums are a funny thing. They're not like an intellectual decision. It's a collection of your kind of musings.

There's this unspoken thing that you have to wear a tux and some kind of nice dress. There are all these ethical rules, but I'm sure if you came to the Oscars in ripped jeans and a t-shirt they wouldn't throw you out. You would just look like a fool.