People are complex. I'm just showing my complexity.

I could make a whole album with no one else involved at all. It would be a total, unadulterated expression of myself. Because whenever you have others playing on a project, their influence becomes a part of it.

I always believe that a person can learn so much by just jumping into something and trying to do it rather than having someone else teach you everything.

I get a little sick of myself as a solo artist. I get a little bit bored.

Songwriting is like going to church. I'm connecting to something, and it's rewarding in really important ways. I don't need to share it with anyone to feel good about it.

I make music and I can't stop. It's a compulsion and an obsession and a curse.

It may seem strange, but the most grateful I've ever felt was when I was held up at gunpoint. After I handed over my wallet and the mugger ran off into the woods, I thought, 'Thank you for not shooting me.' I was overwhelmingly glad to be alive and unharmed.