I think there are times when a song can be a spiritual experience - just making music, in general, is pretty much that.

Studios are designed to pull out all of that beautiful ambience you get from singing in a room, and then the engineer puts it back in digitally or through whatever machinery you've got.

I think listeners are hungry to hear quality.

Most people like the sad songs. Some of the oldest songs known to man are sad. Listening to a voice singing something sad is a really great way to help you to feel sad when you need to.

Often I have to move my body in a certain way, like exercising, to begin to get into the right rhythm for writing a song.

You must always know how long to stay; and when to go.

Everyone is tortured. Do you know anyone who isn't?