I don't really believe in palm readers and crystal balls and tarot cards, but I respond to the need for them.

I've spent several years now with my head down.

I like that gathering moment where the music is about to begin, that moment right there. It's like jumping out of an airplane. It's that moment when the lights go out and then you're in it.

My music is my way to rearrange the world according to my own hopes.

What we value about music and literature are the moments that they create in our minds when we encounter them.

I see rock music as the best example of modernday storytelling that exists in our society. Songs are narratives that help the listeners cope with the reality of life that can't be easily spoken about in everyday conversation. It is a hugely powerful process of helping people find themselves through music.

Life is cruel and unfair, my friends, and that is fact.