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

People will complain that they don't want to wait around for lightning to strike, but why not? If you invest yourself in chance, the potential for disappointment is pretty low.

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 consider myself a lyricist first and foremost, but if you get something else out of what I do, that's fine too. I'm not sitting back here telling people how they have to take my stuff. We just want to play music, and hope that people like it.

Giving up and doing something else (nursing, for me) was exactly what eventually led me to making music that other people wanted to hear.

People say friends don't destroy one another. What do they know about friends?

Every place on earth has a frequency. It's not good or bad, it's just the way it is, and if you can attune yourself to that frequency, then you can find comfort in that.