I admire the actors that truly can impersonate someone - become someone, inhabit someone. It's amazing when you see it done.

I'm a very slow reader, and books of interviews are an absolute favorite of mine.

When my first daughter was born, I had to figure out a new way of [making music] so that I wouldn't wake her up.

Steve Martin is such an exquisite and precise writer. Everything is so clear; it's like a bell. He says what he means and says it so beautifully.

In a city where you walk around, it's impossible to plan your day and your life as accidents will happen, you'll overhear things, bump into people, and take unexpected turns.

What I love about lyrics is that they don't have to be very complicated. A good sentence over a great chord with a good melody - all you need is that one moment.

As far as loneliness, I feel Los Angeles and its layout, having to drive everywhere - it is a lonely place. It's an isolated city in that respect because you're driving to places alone listening to the radio.