There are a few people that I always say, "Hey, what do you think of this?" The minute that you know that you want this particular person to hear it, you know that you're pretty much done - although you're doing it to hear some feedback. It's a smart move to know whose ears you want.

The only reason we wore sunglasses onstage was because we couldn't stand the sight of the audience.

In the studio you have pretty much carte blanche with whatever you're doing. You can turn natural instruments into electronic instruments.

I'm writing a movie about Mozart going to New York in the '60s. I've been reading so many novels.

When somebody grabs a movement, you're kind of locked into it. It's all par for the course.

It would be a stronger world, a stronger, loving world, to die in.

That's what my life is, writing songs.