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

My wife is a big fan of George Oppen and I got into him. I could have a career like his. It's not an alpha male situation, George Oppen. It's quiet. It's poetry.He just lived a life of an intellectual poet.

I don't know if you look back on your life and just see successes, but probably the first things that pop up are the regrets.

I know the world doesn't need maybe another of [a particular type of song] - the same thing again - but you can't help yourself. And some people like it, but you kind of know in your heart that it's a lesser version of what you've done before. But maybe it has a good tempo, or it feels fresh, but it's still not.

Don't go to the same studio twice, or work with the same engineer twice.

Most people want to be seen or heard. You want to shine. That's my way of shining.

I like visual imagery in my head.