It's a real gift to be able to have the works of brilliant, great people to learn from and build from. It gives you so much more to draw on, and then you don't have to be all about three-chord pop songs. I don't really like that kind of writing.

When I walk through the city, I just think that I see my family. I see us in everybody, you know? I see us.

I just love fiction. I love it.

The world that has made us can no longer contain us

There's something about trying to know when you really need to protect yourself, or else you're not going to get anything done, and sometimes to be really uncomfortable or agitated or annoyed or bored. Boredom is so important.

I don't kiss losers and I don't kiss winners, and I don't fight for honor 'cause we all are born sinners

I'd always wanted to work in the studio and experiment with sounds. Things that I'm really influenced by and that I love are like The Beatles and Radiohead, and all those records by bands whose music is really involved.