Loss is the great unifier, the terrible club to which we all eventually belong.

And I don't think that success is going to destroy me at this point in my life, like I used to think.

I don't do comparisons because I always lose.

The ephemeral nature of live performance is the part I love most - it's a monk's sand painting, carefully constructed, then wiped away in an instant.

I gave up language for a while, and I started painting.And then I only listened to Miles Davis and other instrumental music to see how it felt to be without words.

Loss is the great unifier, the terrible club to which we all eventually belong.

I'm a songwriter. My voice just serves what I'm writing about. So to let all that go, I mean, bring the sensibilities of it actually to the song choices, but to just be the interpreter was incredibly liberating and really fun.