I'm a grown-ass man. I can't be, like, ordering people to put down their phones.

I like to write early in the morning, like, 5 a.m. If I'm really on my game, I don't have any coffee or stimulants. I'm kind of in a dream state.

Advice is not really very useful. People gave me terrible advice, and I guess I was just smart enough to ignore some of it.

At certain point, you realize it's easy to play music for the rest of your life: just don't sell your guitar. Maybe you get a day job, but as long as you have a guitar, you can play.

I'm a total ho for any writing workshop, any technique from anyone.

I saw an interview with Jay-Z where he said he didn't write down any of his lyrics, so I tried that.

There's a lot of griping and groaning about wanting to play half-baked new songs live, but you don't want it to just end up on YouTube with like 74 thumbs down: "This is the worst!"