I don't really care about money. I find money boring and accounting boring, so I'm probably not going to ever make a lot of money.

The most rabidly religious people are the most rabidly evil.

I think the reason I've been able to keep making music is because I'm not married, I don't have kids.

The first kiss between two people is something really good in life.

When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write songs. I didn't have a concept. I didn't think it through. I was just flailing around doing what comes naturally. It took me a really long time to step back and deal with what I was doing with any kind of perspective or self-awareness.

Doing interviews can sometimes mess up my head. It makes me feel dirty. It's frustrating how the press recycles a quote to death.

Every song brings back memories, like I remember where I wrote all these songs. 'Universal Heartbeat' was my apartment in New York City. 'My Sister' was at my apartment in Boston. I remember places and I remember what I was thinking when I wrote it.