I've found that writing and playing music has so little to do with will, and so much to do with just finding what's there waiting for you.

I have music in my head; I can't help it. You can put a gun to my head and it's not going to go away. The privilege is that I'm not being prevented from following that.

I'm not unswayed by the opinions of others. I actually really value that, the idea that you can feel things the way somebody else might feel them is a really big part of doing music for me.

I've found that writing and playing music has so little to do with will, and so much to do with just finding what's there waiting for you.

I'm always looking to disprove what I think I know for sure. I call that learning.

When I'm playing best, I'm just thinking about the music, just interacting with what my bandmates are playing.

I love love. Growing up, I always thought it was a state, and I'd wait for it to appear. Now I think it's an activity, a skill, something you strive to create. A constant conversation between emotion and imagination and flesh.