I can never tell what's going to end up being on an album until it's all finished. I'm reading the news everyday, and sometimes I just have to be away from it. And that ends up writing the songs for me a little bit.

We're all related. We're all a family.

Sometimes I'll write a song. When I've gone through something really hard in my life, sometimes it's other people's music. Other times it's actually writing the songs and getting out of mind and into the song.

The fight between life and death is to the finish, and death ultimately is the victor . . . I do not deplore the passing of these crude old days.

I eat cold eels and think distant thoughts.

I love playing my music and I love sharing the music with people. But at the same time, it is pretty taxing.

You and your heart shouldn't feel so far apart