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.

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.

I like songs that go to different places and then come back.

I don't like when people dress intentionally ugly. Personally that's not my thing.

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

Songwriting is kind of like a craft. It's not something that just comes in a dream. You've got to work at it.

I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're talking about a [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] of rock music.