It's important to keep indie record stores alive because their unique environments introduce music lovers to things in a very personal way.

You know, when you have a father who's pretty well known but you don't see him, the last thing you want to do is start talking about him all the time to people.

I got stood up by the letter Y, he was hanging around with his X.

Songs are kind of alive, I think; once you finish writing them, that doesn't mean that that's it for the song. It can have its own little life, I think.

I've learned now to talk, act or walk famous. I can still walk around New York, without being molested or bothered. I don't mind autographs - that's part of it. I just do not see the point of being "out there" or behaving outrageously. It will bring nothing but trouble.

Coffee gives me bad breath.

I feel like all the songs are little scenes, different angles, of the feelings that come around something ending.