I think that if you're serving yourself before you're serving a story then that's where you end up being not funny. It's not about being funny, it's about telling a story and then the comedy comes out of the situation, I think.

That's one of the most exciting things for me about listening to records: It's a moment in time, and the less it's messed with the more powerful it is. I wanted at least one song on the record to be just completely about the moment.

I feel like making music because - and this has much to do with the way I was able to make this record - there's more of myself in it.

There are a lot of actors who will sit here and talk to you about characters - 'He does this, and she's a really interesting character because she does this.' I'm not like that at all. I'm not an actory actor.

I'm not cynical about love at all. I'm very practical. I think love takes up a lot of time.

I love having a lot of content. I prefer to have constant stimulation.

There are a million examples of not feeling the jazz, but using the jazz.