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.

Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control.

We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.

People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need.

I learn all these things about the record talking about it after it's finished.

I'm never sure if I'll ever write another song, what the song will be about and if what initially sparked the beginning of a song might complete it.

Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings.