I don’t envision a long life for myself. Like, I think my life will run out before my work does, y’know? I’ve designed it that way.

I don't think you can ever do your best. Doing your best is a process of trying to do your best.

Now the dark air is like fire on my skin, And even the moonlight is blinding

Human's can't live in the present as animals do; they just live in the present. But human's are always thinking about the future or the past.

I don't know why I write really depressing songs. I'm a kind of melancholy guy, I suppose. But I figure I'm about normal.

All of a sudden there's a song - there in your hotel room playing your guitar - and you write it, and two or three years later it will come true. It keeps you on your toes.

There's only two kinds of music: the blues and zippety doo-dah.