I thought music could take you to a place where you didn't even feel ownership of it, you just felt lucky you were there. It's like church without God, or something. It's about feeling, hope and catharsis and things that are nurturing.

When I was a kid, award shows were super-interesting for me. But when I started making music, it was kind of hard to watch because I believed in what I was doing and yet knew I didn't really have a shot.

I was born in New Jersey, but it doesn't sound like I'm from a certain region.

There are a lot of obligations when you put out a record and it does well. People want to talk to you, which is nice. So then you make sure you do that.

We think birth is a miracle and death is a tragedy, but really they're flip sides of the same coin - anything born is gonna die.

If you have fun, fine. It's not all life and death.

To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death.

Treat Death as it treats us: with utter indifference.