If I'm censoring for anyone, it's for my parents. They are very old-fashioned and moral people. They still don't understand me that well.

Some people are upset to see you doing ordinary things. Those people, if they were a celebrity, they would have an entourage.

I was anti-intellectual to the nth. Basically I liked to dance and paint, and that was about it.

Musically, I would never run dry. Any time I sit down to an instrument, I could write a song.

The Beginning of Survival is my best album. I am very proud of it, and I am surprised at it, too. I thought some of Travelogue was a little heavy, but I don't think this is heavy.

everything comes and goes; pleasure moves on too early and trouble leaves too slow

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.