Songwriting is like editing. You write down all this stuff - all this bad, stupid stuff - and then you have to get rid of everything except the very best.

To make big steps, you've got to take action yourself and not listen to other people.

I feel some kind of duty to be really, really honest as a writer. The same is true of my songwriting.

My guitar playing has not developed as much as I think it could because I never practice. I only play when I'm writing or recording or when I'm playing on tour. When I'm sitting around at home, I never play.

Human relations, I mess them up, and they let me down.

David Ortiz is a genius. He's incredible to watch. Over and over, he hits home runs that are simply transcendent.

My dad was depressed a lot of the time, and there were a lot of things in his life that he never resolved.