I've made records that everyone has hated and I've loved, and made records that everyone has loved and I've deemed, at best, mediocre.

In the long, nonillustrious history of white people pilfering African American culture, have I just perpetrated that? I'm motivated by a love for the music and by a love of the performances, and I really hope I haven't done anything bad.

People have always been resistant to change. If you go back to the 17th, 18th century, playing guitar was frowned upon. When rock n' roll first started, no one took it seriously.

There is a long and interesting tradition of really marginal left-field music that becomes commercially successful. And I will, for a brief minute, fit into that tradition.

Honestly, the most vulnerable part of my life is probably just honest expression, as cliché as that might sound.

The reason I didn't like cocaine is it made me do stupid things, have stupid conversations, and stay awake until 11 o'clock in the morning unable to think, read, sleep or speak.

When I listen to gospel singers pouring their heart out to God, it's the act of pouring their hearts out that interests me.