This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.

If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out.

I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.

I've always been aware of having feelings that were pretty intense at times. I imagine most people have had that, or they wouldn't be human.

I honestly don't listen to a lot of music - I spend so much time working at my own music.

Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me.

Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.