It could all be so simple, but you'd rather make it hard, loving you is like a battle, and we both end up with scars

When I create music, the feeling that you get... I get first. You [the listener] have a delayed experience with the feeling I initially get when I have a creative insight. Not just the voice, but all the creativity - the production, the idea, the concept, the music involved. There is a high. There is an emotional experience that happens when everything comes together... I made music as consistently as I did, especially back in the day, because it made me feel so good... When everything is on, it's a wonderful feeling.

We have these images, these icons before us that are not reality.

I rarely listen to the music for the sheer pleasure. I'm listening for the tool, I'm listening for the instrument, I'm listening for the art.

In my life the most influential people are people who are sort of brought to me, as opposed to people I seek out.

Everyday is another chance to get things right.

The work is constant. There's a time for rest, but I don't believe in getting comfortable just because everyone says you've arrived.