I tried to have more than one emotion on the record.

I have a real dog-like mentality, in that it's like, 'Where is my next meal coming from? Am I ever gonna eat again? Will I ever write another song again? Will anyone show up for tour?' I think it comes from being really poor as a kid.

We shouldn't censor ourselves based on the weak idea of "looking cool." It's such a waste of potential awesomeness.

There's this art form in songwriting that's incredibly difficult - to be really funny in a song and also really touching. I can't do that.

I try to think of the songs as little movies. They're always pretty visual to me. I can always sort of see them. I don't always know what the end result is going to be, and I don't know exactly what it's going to sound like, but I can kinda see them.

I'm not very interesting. Birds are interesting. I could stand there lip-synching all day long, but it would feel funny, and people would be able to tell. I'm not a good actress.

I like to think that I'm not old yet.