Great work comes from great joy. Leave the angst for the movies; do art - that is fun.

As an artist, you take things from your environment, and there's going to be a style coming out of your environment.

I have three dads: my biological father, God and Bob Dylan.

Worry means tormenting yourself with disturbing thoughts or fretting about things we have zero control over. If you live in the north there is no need to worry about the snow. You will get plenty each year. If you live in California or Texas you needn't worry about rain because we won't receive any.

I didn't really even think of recording under my own name for a long time. I thought, 'I've got the rest of my life to do that.'

I gave myself over to music and art a long time ago, so I don't get to relax and I don't get to sit still. The best I can do is constantly create my own environment so it benefits what I need to accomplish in the next step.

I keep guitars that are, you know, the neck's a little bit bent and it's a little bit out of tune. I want to work and battle it and conquer it and make it express whatever attitude I have at that moment. I want it to be a struggle.