When I was young, I used to need other people's albums and I got very involved with their music and it meant a lot to me.

The license said you had to stick around until I was dead, but if you're tired of looking at my face I guess I already am.

The big news already broke. The file-sharing and all that stuff, it's a done deal. And I think figuring out how to make that a fair exchange for the people that make music is still an issue

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.

Like, I kind of developed my musical style in a vacuum. Even though I listen to a lot of stuff, the way I wrote was in my bedroom, really privately. It's still the way I write, actually.

I don't know; it just seemed like the cooler guys are playing Xbox. At least the ones I know.

I think good art happens on that edge between comfortable and in a lot of pain, you know what I mean?