I think listening to a lot of Lou Reed when I was a teenager is what encouraged me to just sing however felt good to me.

I do have a romantic interest in outlasting everybody else. There's a sort of sad machismo to singer-songwriters, I think.

It's impossible to be content all the time - you have to learn to be content in places where you're unhappy and owning your emotions, whatever they are.

In death metal, a lot of guys are Eddie Van Halen disciples, but they take his style to really expressionistic places. It's a real pleasure for me to hear people pushing their craft.

From a very young age, I was the kind of kid you can just put anywhere and I'd still find stuff to be stoked about.

I don't celebrate milestones and I don't do anniversary editions. It's not my style to reflect on accomplishments.

I'm sort of a cavedweller: I miss my house, my yard, my kitchen, my wife. The trees. When I get home, I like to get down into my office neighborhood as soon as I can.