The blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body.

The work ethic at art school is completely different than the work ethic amongst people who get into music. People who paint, it's an honorable thing to spend all day and all night in front of your canvas - that is the romantic vision of the painter.

The way I go about writing records is that I make a calendar date to start the new record, so I have nothing. I don't have a bunch of notes that I bring into the office, I start with nothing at all.

My biggest fear is losing memory because memory is what we are. Your very soul and your very reason to be alive is tied up in memory.

If you took love out of the equation, I wouldn't know what else to write about.

The artistic process seems to be mythologized quite a lot into something far greater than it actually is. It is just hard labor.

What you're really after when you see a film or listen to a song is a singular vision, and I'm not sure how much of that you really get in Hollywood.