As important as politics are to me, the life and the spirit of people's emotions are much more important. People live real lives where they love and grieve and feel pain and joy and that is a whole separate sphere. All that political stuff, I believe in it strongly, but not as strongly as I believe that at some point you or someone is going to need a song to sit with and comfort them in a hard time.

What's scary is the unknown, the stuff you can't put your finger on.

The possibility of disaster remains horrific to me. Like when you know everything's about to go wrong in a way that's not controllable or knowable.

From a very young age, I was the kind of kid you can just put anywhere and I'd still find stuff to be stoked about.

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

I don't celebrate milestones and I don't do anniversary editions. It's not my style to reflect on accomplishments.

People talk about songwriting or comedy as creative expression, but life is creative expression. Table-making, even nursing, is extraordinarily creative.