I just want to make stories. They don't have to have a moral or a reason. There might be some mild cautionary notes, but they're not moral. They don't impart any Judeo-Christian ethic of any kind.

Making music makes me feel vulnerable in the best possible way. It gives me a feeling of balance.

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.

The Bible tries to make humans not animals the whole time. I think it's a bit of a mistake.

I like driving. I'm a real sucker for driving across North America - I never get sick of it, ever.

I'm pretty self-conscious, so I tend to work in a way where I say what I need to say and get out rather than revisit things. It's kind of a collage style. I realized that it had more emotional weight that way. I'll always be in the developmental stages as far as being a songwriter.