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

I end up writing about all kinds of things. I never make an attempt to write about anything in particular. I don't have a little list of topics to write about.

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.

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

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