Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides.

The thing is, unfortunately, I write the best songs when I'm miserable.

I prefer to break new ground, but it gets harder and harder with the territory that's already been walked on.

When I'm not completely loaded, it's a much more vulnerable place. I can feel the music, I can feel the energy and I really have to put it out there. When I was loaded, I was just oblivious.

I sang in choir as a kid.

Writing the songs and producing the songs and arranging them and recording them is your canvas and your palette and your brush.

I'm not sober. I haven't done drugs in 3 1/2 years, so I call myself clean.