I'm unable to really write the kind of song that doesn't have a visual element, which most songs don't.

I love performing. I can get to be that person I always wanted to be - godlike.

Who knows their own story? It certainly makes no sense when you’re in the middle of it

The rock star is dying. And it's a small tragedy. Rock stars have blogs now. I have no use for that kind of rock star.

The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something new.

The love song must be born into the realm of the irrational, absurd, the distracted, the melancholic, the obsessive, the insane for the love song is the noise of love itself and love is, of course, a form of madness.

Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly.