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

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

Bowie's obviously my biggest influence.

Making an album should be an honest experience. It shouldn't be about trying to gauge where popular music is today; it should be about artistic expression and putting down what you want to put down.

There's a beauty in being part of a band, when there's equality and trust.

Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting.

When you're in love, you've found your soul mate, you think life is going one way, and suddenly it's completely apparent it's not. You have to rethink your whole purpose.