I'm excited by the band [White Stripes]. It really excites me. But it wouldn't excite me if there weren't those limitations, if we weren't living in that box, if we weren't trapped. Once that goes away, then I'll know that it's not worth doing it any more.

Technique plays a part - you have to know how to play.

I think that sometimes love gets in the way of itself - you know, love interrupts itself. We want things so much that we sabotage them.

It's hard to find other musicians that push you to go somewhere new all the time.

It was really hard to find people to come over and play guitar and sing and write songs together. So that turned me into a songwriter that way, just so I could be able to play with other people.

I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat.

In my bands, I don't really walk around telling people what to play, just out of respect really. I mean, if there's something I feel in my gut, I'll bring it up.