The one thing I do find about serious reviews is that usually they tend to have a point, and that's what I find hurt so much about discerning critics. If the reviews hurt they're probably right on some level.

I have a piano and a guitar, and I tend to switch back and forth between those two instruments to help me get inspired.

The most important thing in art is taste.

I like to have books around to give me ideas-to get the verbal part of my brain to start working.

For me, songwriting is something that I have to do ritually. I don't just wait for inspiration; I try to write a little bit every day.

There are only really a few stories to tell in the end, and betrayal and the failure of love is one of those good stories to tell.

They say rock is dead. Andy [Warhol] said art is dead. God is dead according to Nietzsche. If everything's dead what's alive? Only technology. We're in the era of technology.