I saw people around me who were falling deeper and deeper into alcoholism and substance abuse. It's seductive because alcohol is amazing and drugs are amazing, they work so well.

I've had my Charlie Sheen moments, it was usually just at the Mars Bar on the corner of First Avenue with me and a few homeless guys.

I'm envious of people who can sleep as long as they want. I have the circadian rhythm of a farmer.

For me my biggest inspiration is trying to make music that effects me as much as the music made by my heroes.

Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.

Better a loving single-parent family than a 'conventional' family where the parents hate each other and the father is a demagogue.

I feel like once the song is done, you put it out there and if people want to do bizarre remixes, if people want to make strange videos, great. You know, like chaos theory applied to the music business.