But it's only after you've played it on the road 20 or 30 times that it becomes really finished and polished...and you realize what it means, and you get the phrasing right.

There'll come a writing phase where you have to defend the time, unplug the phone and put in the hours to get it done.

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

I have a love-hate relationship with the Grammys because I don't see the music world as a competitive sport.

It's probably foolish to expect relationships to go on forever and to say that because something only lasts 10 years, it's a failure.

It is a process of discovery. It's being quiet enough and undisturbed enough for a period of time so that the songs can begin to sort of peek out, and you begin to have emotional experiences in a musical way.

If I were to try to identify a turning point I'd say that was it - getting clean.