I had a very moral upbringing, and spiritual in a sort of not very specific way.

I'm often surprised by classical music and musicians. I've met a large number of them because my wife works for the Boston Symphony, and I'm in that world a lot now. I'm surprised at how difficult it is for people who are classically trained to read music or to memorize music, how difficult it is for them to improvise, to just go off and play. It's sort of, it's like terra incognita. They just, (makes noise) they don't get it.

I don't know much about God. But if everything does originate with God, then certainly songs do as well.

It's a real wrenching thing to go from being a private person to being a public person, especially when you're being autobiographical.

I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent.

Shower the people you love with love.

Knowing when to quit is probably a very important thing, but I just am not ready.