I always want to try and see what the appeal is in anything. It's the healthiest and most honest approach.

May we all emerge from winter with our strength renewed and any unwanted pieces left under the ice.

The fact that somebody's telling you a story about people who didn't exist doesn't make the experience of the story any less real in your heart and mind.

I know it's a cliché to say I write for myself, but I write for myself.

I don't write my own publicity materials, I just read 'em and give 'em the OK.

You always feel like your 18-year-old self in some sense. And that's what walking through New York on a June evening feels like - you feel like it's Friday and you're 17 years old.

There are so many ways to respond to music besides feeling like someone's communicating with you. It gives me a charge.