I hate most of what constitutes rock music, which is basically middle-aged crap.

The Super Bowl is Americana at its most kitsch and fun.

Let your pain be my sorrow. Let your tears be my tears too. Let your courage be my model. That the north you find will be true.

I see songs not as a commodity used up when the album goes off the charts, which is often the case with pop songs. I see them as a body of work. Life should be breathed into them.

I think the labyrinth is an interesting metaphor for our lives as musicians. We're always being drawn toward the center of it because that's where the mystery is. What is music? It's a journey.

I was brought up as a Catholic and went to church every week and took the sacraments. It never really touched the core of my being.

The world is ruled by butterflies adding to their weapon piles. Imagine what your taxes buy. We hardly ever try.