That's the one thing you wake up with every day: How long have I got left? And that's the saddest thing in the world, because you have this absolute realization that everything you love you're going to have to let go of and give up. I look at my daughter and I think, There's going to be a point where I'm not going to be around for her. Even the thought of that breaks my heart.

People love their favorite records. And I aspire to make a record someone might be able to love in that way.

It seems so antithetical to the teachings of Christ to proclaim your faith in public. I mean, of course you're not supposed to hide your light under a bushel.

That’s why I make music. When I listen to my favorite music made by other people, that’s what it does to me. So as a musician, I’m just trying to do the same thing with music I make. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. But when someone comes to me and says the music I’ve made has affected them emotionally, that’s the most gratifying part of my job.

The most emotional part is when I go into my studio every day and pretty much never have an idea of what's gonna happen.

My reason for becoming a vegetarian was simple: I loved (and love) animals

The moment a career is on a quantitative downswing, your loathsomeness is sort of attenuated.