We’re really lucky to live in a planet that has so much music. We could be living in some bland planet that had no music, no movies, no books, just a bunch of people going around having jobs and things like that. To me that would be a really miserable place, you know, to me music is what makes this world a really fun place to be, you know?

What really helps me is being able to record my albums at home - I have more fun experimenting that way, as opposed to working with an engineer, in which case I have to deal with the humiliation of doing take after take, and that can get frustrating.

When the intellectual part of guitar playing overrides the spiritual, you don't get to extreme heights.

I never feel like I'm running out of ideas, because it is clear to me - music is infinite

I write songs because I have to write them, and if I didn't I'd be doing some other kind of music that didn't require a song.

I just like to switch things up all the time. Like when it comes to singing, I try to find a different character for each song.

I still love with all my heart anything that I have ever loved in my life.