In the beginning, there was a kind of energy that - like an urgency to express myself, and the songs just couldn't be held in. But I think it changes, the nature of how that - what that energy is. And I need to court the muse in a much more serious way.

I sometimes wonder how many of these lifetime achievement awards you can accept before you have to do the decent thing and die.

I think good music makes you feel free, and if people feel free when they come to a show or listen to my music, that would mean the world to me.

Within my heart is carved a sculpture of your love.

Certain things in life are more important than the usual crap that everyone strives for.

It's hard to find a way forward. When you're 18 it happens in huge chunks every day, but after 20 years, growth is much more costly.

I think that we're all totally isolated beings and always will be.