My identity has everything to do with me and my instrument. It doesn't have to do with what production style I use, or how many people played on it, whether it's sparse or grandiose or whatever. And I'm social, frankly.

I knew that collaborating on songwriting would be difficult for a lot of people, because I was known very much, for my independence and the fact that I wrote these quirky songs that were not typical structure, not typical sound - you know, really original stuff.

I try to see interviewing as performance art, and just take it as it comes.

Now, in music, it seems more like the popular crowd suppresses anyone who is different.

And, you know, I still haven't been contacted by Mick Jagger, either!

When you love what you do, you're happy just doing it.

Picture being forced to talk endlessly about your feelings and listen and care when what you needed was just to get something done.