I want people to feel good about listening to this [Delta Machine] record, to get some kind of peace. It's just got something magical about it.

I tend to like songs that are very emotional, that strike a chord with me emotionally.

When I write love songs, people think they're really soppy - but I see love as a consolation for the boredom of life.

I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different.

I don't know if it's cool to say this anymore, but I grew up listening to Gary Glitter. A majority of his songs were in that shuffle-blues beat, and I think that's probably why I tend to write like that.

Music is really all about experimentation and lots of trial and error. It's just mind-numbingly boring until you hit on something that works well.

Record covers helped me discover a lot of music that I wasn't aware of.