When I write something simple I'm always really proud of it. When you write something that simple with that much air in it and the whole premise behind it is something pretty obvious - that everybody wants to be happy and free - the song is sort of an exercise in not forgetting that's what you really want and what you really need. We can get caught up in a lot of other stuff.

I've been a serial husband, and I've done it badly every time.

I think the music business is changing. Artists that don't want to tour and just want to collect royalty checks and stay home are not going to be able to do that.

It's incredibly irresponsible to allow victims' family members to witness executions.

My dad was in a wheelchair and on oxygen for the last few years of his life.

Poetry is the hardest thing that there is. It fascinates me, so I want to write more of it.

I mainly read non-fiction, and that's probably because I have a huge amount of insecurity about my lack of education and the things I don't know.