“Words are most important. I never wanted to write a song about nothing. After all, the impulse towards music is at its heart an urge to express something.”

“I always tell myself, 'you can write anything, but first you have to write something'.”

“Truth hurts, but lies destroy.”

“You can’t write music right unless you know how the man that’ll play it plays poker.”

“It all began with a fuck. What doesn't? I fucked the wrong person; I fucked up the right one; somebody played me a song. It changed my whole life, that song. That's why I later went to so much trouble to find the guy who wrote and sang it.”

“Music is the tonal reflection of beauty. ”

“Self-love is the most important love to have. When we love ourselves we’re much happier and need less from others. There can still be loneliness, rejection, and loss in our lives, but we handle these things much better when we’re happy with who we are.”