I make up stories that take place in real space with real people. If I could convert this into a technique for experimental novels, I might really be onto something.

It's a cliché to state that one should think like a child, but it's clear that kids know something that the world tries to make you unlearn later in life.

Life is hard, you're tired, and there's disease. The strategy that works for children is to be delighted by the things that delight you.

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.

If my songs are being listened to between any other songs, that is awesome, and I'm glad people are getting something out of them.

The South actually has a very strong tradition of activism. The civil rights movement came from down here! It was black activists demanding that their voices be heard. People say these are red states. No they're not!

I start writing, pull whatever images happen to occur to me and make up a story, instead of starting with details that are real and I know of and going from there.