In this world, where everything happens so fast, it’s hard to sit back, take the time and contemplate.
I don’t believe songs that try to say everything in a simple slogan.
For a long time, music was hope. Now it seems music isn’t enough to make me happy. It used to be that’s all I needed to keep going. Now I need other things to take up the other parts of my life.
I love ‘Crazy Horse,’ and Neil Young is one of my favorite guitar players.
The whole thing about rock music, pop music, is it’s really for kids.
I have many moods, and there is no objective reality. And I kind of live by that.
I feel some kind of duty to be really, really honest as a writer. The same is true of my songwriting.
A lot of my past is gone from my mind.
I like people wanting to know about me.
Every song brings back memories, like I remember where I wrote all these songs. ‘Universal Heartbeat’ was my apartment in New York City. ‘My Sister’ was at my apartment in Boston. I remember places and I remember what I was thinking when I wrote it.
My dad was depressed a lot of the time, and there were a lot of things in his life that he never resolved.
I’m able to see humor in a lot of things.
My growth as an artist and a person has been so slow and gradual, it’s hard to make a story out of it.
Writing helps me process things that are happening to me.
I’m pretty good with languages. I know a bit of French and actually want to live in France some day so that I can get fluent. I think it’d be tragic to go through life only knowing one language.
I love playing in front of people. I feel powerful, ’cause I don’t have to really say anything – I’m just singing.
Motivation is just this potion to create stuff, a compulsion to express the truth of my own experiences in this life.
I’ve finally learned to love my voice for its uniqueness.
Music is so hard. It’s a struggle to get people to care. It’s hard to make an impact in today’s world because people aren’t buying records anymore.
Popular culture is filled with girls.