The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand...

The folks who know the truth aren't talking.... The ones who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up!

I don't know what the 'big time' is.

The piano has been drinking, not me.

Your hands are like dogs, going to the same places they've been. You have to be careful when playing is no longer in the mind but in the fingers, going to happy places. You have to break them of their habits or you don't explore; you only play what is confident and pleasing. I'm learning to break those habits by playing instruments I know absolutely nothing about, like a bassoon or a waterphone.

Most changes in music, most exciting things that happen in music, occur through a miscommunication between people "I thought you said this." Poetry comes out of that too.

Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.