It's sort of irritating now - people always ask me, "You're a dad, and how's fatherhood?" If Bob Dylan or Neil Young had a kid, it didn't seem like it made them a different person. It didn't make you old right away.

The word "down," is very musical. It just always comes.

You can change the world, but if no one's listening, it doesn't matter.

I don't really know where the songs are coming from often. Many of the best things I made up were just off the top of my head.

There's something in life that's cool, it's relatively cheap, and fun, and populist. Even when it's elitist.

I just don't think people listen. I mean, they can't listen to a whole album closely without checking their iPhone or wanting to skip to their favorite song, or putting something else on, practically. That's why the zone out is a good thing.

A good voice isn't so important. It's more important to sound really unique.