There's nothing in the world so sad as talking to a man who never knew his life was his for making.

The thing I love about music is that you can take things that are painful, deep things that hurt you, and you can turn them into something beautiful.

I need space between me and the audience - and the more space the better.

I am very self-critical, but that's a good thing because it keeps me growing as a human being and as a musician.

Now the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turnin' gold Turnin' from the past, at last and all I've left behind.

It's so easy to get caught up in your own experiences. They can seem so important. But there are billions and billions of other experiences going on.

I want to write music that will outlive me.