Life is so impermanent that it's not about somebody else or things around me, it's about knowing you are completely alone in this world and being content inside.

I wanted to write songs that would play themselves on stage, songs that sweep you through their current.

Justin Bieber looks like a lesbian. Hot as sh*t!

I'm nearly 50. I'm past being photographed falling out of bars.

I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It's just a fear of not knowing what women have that's so powerful. It's this shield they put up to try to get closer.

I don't sing anything that hurts my voice.

As a songwriter you have an umbilical cord to the song and it's hard to expand on your understanding of the lyrics. Whereas when you cover a song you can create your own reason why you're attached to it.