For a songwriter, you don't really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. And you try to understand them and take them apart and see what they're made of, and wonder if you can make one, too.

I like writing melody without an instrument. It's just so - it's more like the choreography of a bee; you just go.

Oh, I got a beautiful 1959 Cadillac Coupe DeVille four-door. No one will ride in it with me.

I’ve never met anyone who made it with a chick because they owned a Tom Waits album. I’ve got all three, and it’s never helped me.

The average person spends two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.

New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.

I don't really like listening to the radio so much.