Sometimes you're trapped in writing songs and you don't have enough distance from what you do anymore and you need the talent and the years of other people to come and jump in.

I spend a lot of time writing in New York.

I think it's very good to have regrets, to learn how to live with them.

When you write songs, you can't really point out the exact thing you're inspired by. It's more a state or a mood or an atmosphere that you're trying to put into words.

I'm always on a train or a plane, so wherever I happen to be is home.

When you record, you live with what you recorded for many many years, but when you play it's just an hour and a half and then once it's over it's over.

I like the idea of having a calm, quiet room to work on my [art] while knowing that outside there's noise and a lot happening. It's reassuring to know the 'everyday' continues even though inside the studio you feel so disconnected from it.