Anything that is within you is a gift. To be able to take possession of that and say, "Whatever it is, I am bigger than it," is to learn to cherish even the hard and painful things.

Do every stupid thing that makes you feel alive.

The studio's a collaborative environment. I just try to let people bring their own ideas to the songs and see what happens.

I just started going to shows. I don't know how submerged I am: I feel guilty that I don't get out more, but I really like being inside the house.

Diagnoses exist to help get people services they need - but there's no such thing as mental illness. We're all mentally ill.

There are real teachers out there; I don't pretend to have their mantle.

Anger is preverbal, so, by the time you're using words to express an angry feeling, you're already imposing loads of structure on that primal experience.