I grew up in Southern California, so the whole concept of a local music history is still kinda novel to me.

There's this idea that there was a point in our childhood when we were in some way better than we are now and we should try to hang on to that.

The reality of having a kid involves day-to-day practicality - not broader philosophical outlooks.

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.

Human beings are selfish by nature. Everything that happens to a child, you immediately grab your own child and say, "I will never let that happen to you."

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 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.