The only way you can better John is by copying him exactly.

If you go back to all my albums, they're all confessional.

I think people place limitations on each other and on ourselves. There is a great fear of expressing ourselves, of making creativity happen.

We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians.

Losing my daughter was a very serious pain. There was always some empty space in my heart.

Indie music is 'it' now. It's kind of a revolution to the music: 1980s, 1990s music was getting very sanitized; they were complying with the music industry. Music was getting more and more dead in a way. Now, because of the social climate that's very severe, the artists are compelled to start being real. It's really great that indie music is now.

When I'm putting some communication out on Twitter or Facebook or Instagram, I think that it's helping me, my brain, you know, because it's always somehow stimulated by people who are sending things to me. And it works both ways. It's great. My brain is very happy about it.