There's nothing that makes me laugh more than being in the situation where you're not supposed to laugh. Funerals. People crying. Breaking down. Telling you their life. I'm the worst. I'm the worst at that.

Sometimes the magnetism of a song is impossible to ignore, and it demands that it be sung in a certain way.

I like turning on two radios at once. I like hearing things wrong… I get a lot of ideas by mishearing things.

You're innocent when you dream.

That for me is more important than anything when you're in the studio - to have somebody you can trust and who knows you, knows who you are and doesn't let you get away with anything.

I'll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.

I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch