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.

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

I wanted to be a writer. I still want to be a prose writer. I feel I am more temperamentally suited to that kind of life, although there are things I still want to do with music.

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

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.

I want to paint. That is probably going to sound so pretentious coming from someone who's been a musician.

My music - that's the one area I won't let myself be pushed around. But in other parts of my life, I'm a confused mess.