I felt sidelined by the industry, by the preoccupation with finding something newer, younger.

When I am able to be present, listening - really listening - to a viewpoint described through someone else's lens, I am here in the now and alive.

There are things that I refuse to deal with except through my music... because I don't trust humanity that much, and I don't know if I trust me that much. But I trust the songs.

Not everyone wants you to become your potential, for whatever reason.

I collect art books. I have hundreds and hundreds of them and they get me to start hearing things. Sometimes people look at them, but I find that visual art gets me listening, gets me hearing things.

I've been raising up my hands drive another nail in just what God needs one more victim

Some people hide more than others, and it does intrigue me.