A lot of kids spent more time out of school than in, but I always loved school and thought it was my way out of Cleveland, and out of poverty.

Who took away the part so essential to the whole Left you a hollow body Skin and bone.

I'm not sure if the next song I write is going to be about love or a song about a tree.

As a child I spent a lot of time at the library.

Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as a concept. There's no overriding theme I'm trying to represent. It's all about the individual songs.

There's a power in words. There's a power in being able to explain and describe and articulate what you know and feel and believe about the world, and about yourself.

I don't try to project any image at all, other than the person that I am.