I'm always writing ideas down and then I stick em in my pocket and put em in that folder so I don't lose them. Like, somebody might say something, and I'll go, oh that's a good line, and that goes in the folder, too. It's kind of an ongoing process for me.

You can't be afraid to deal with your demons. You've got to go there to be able to write.

I'm in a contented, loving relationship, but that doesn't mean I'm not struggling with other things that are going on around me in the world.

I started writing more with my voice in mind.

I didn't grow up in a mom-and-pop, Ozzie and Harriet type of environment, but who did.

I have such a great band. We had played all this material on the road. I just wanted to let it fly.

People seemed to think, you get to a certain age or you get married or you, you're comfortable. And so now there's nothing to write about: that angst is gone. The youthful angst. And that just hasn't happened with me.