People get upset and it becomes an excuse to treat other people a certain way,but if you really step back, you realize what you've left behind.

But you know, I'm the negative-Nancy, curmudgeon, glass-half-empty-with-a-leak-in-it guy - which is basically the fuel that fires me up anyway. Without that, we wouldn't have me.

The record company's worst fear is that you'll fall in love or get rich.

People get upset and it becomes an excuse to treat other people a certain way,but if you really step back, you realize what you've left behind.

And if you don't live, you have nothing to write about.

Blending is just like writing lyrics or finishing up the song, rearranging and arranging.

Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer.