The unavoidable kiss, where the minty fresh death breath is sure to outlast his catastrophe.

It's when you cry just a little, but you laugh in the middle that you've made it.

I write a lot of material you've never heard that live inside my sadness. You'll hear a song that lasts six to seven minutes of just beautiful sadness. But I can't just go out on the stage to ask five thousand people to be sad with me for seven straight minutes.

Creativity is a religion. When you get into it, you will find your life becomes more spiritual.

You win some, you learn some.

Performing live is like harvesting your crops and sharing your food with people.

Sometimes touring can warp reality because you're never in one place long enough to get a feel for it. You don't interact with people long enough to know what real life is. That's why a lot of artists write songs about longing and missing people when they're on the road. I do my best to keep my mind open and I read a lot when I'm on tour, so I hope I have good things to write about. I'm constantly in the songwriting process.