Artie is a singer, and I'm a writer and player and a singer. We didn't work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that.

There are lots of really good guitarists, but they play with the same pedals that everybody else does. Everybody buys the same pedals, so the sounds tend to be the same. I am looking for different ways of doing that without having to spend days and weeks and months fooling around with pedals, which I don't enjoy.

Some people never say the words ‘I love you’, for like a child they’re longing to be told.

I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won't do is change the essence of my work.

There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.

People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.

A songwriter's supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time