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.

I'm kind of an emotional exhibitionist.

Music is so hard. It's a struggle to get people to care. It's hard to make an impact in today's world because people aren't buying records anymore.

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

I don't think I'm romantic at all. I have a lot of faith in the right thing happening. I don't really hope for a lot of particulars, I just have faith that the right thing will happen most of the time.

The whole thing about rock music, pop music, is it's really for kids.

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.