The most rabidly religious people are the most rabidly evil.

Although I'm a huge fan of Ben Kweller, I don't think I'd cover one of his songs, simply because there's just so much of my own stuff I wanna do.

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.

If you want to achieve things in life, you've just got to do them, and if you're talented and smart, you'll succeed.

My first guitar was a Gibson Challenger.

A heart that hurts is a heart that works.

I like people wanting to know about me.