When my dad died a lot of songs came, and they're still coming.

I do not believe in terrorism, violence, destruction, murder, pre-emption, or War.

If I ignore my work, I start having anxiety attacks.

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.

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.

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

For the first time in 23 years I'm enjoying the process of supporting it, of going out and doing shows, and doing the interviews, and doing everything.