For me making music is part social, part interaction, part collaboration.

I'm not melancholy; I'm a happy-go-lucky person, kind of silly. I like funny things. I have a lot of energy. I tend to like music that's mellow, though.

When something's ending, you go through so many phases, and it can be frustrating. But once you're out on the other side, it's like you can really see all the crazy phases you went through.

I became a musician so I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning.

I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee.

All is fair in love and songwriting.

Don't go chasing after butterflies, when everything you want is right by your side.

If I make a record I love, then somebody will like it. Maybe not everybody, but that won't matter.

I think it's important for people who love music to retain physical CDs or even vinyl, because it sounds so great and so much warmer than music over the internet.

Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way.

I love my dad and we have a very good relationship now.

When you change your dress, you want to look your best.But when you change your lover, it's simply for another.

Magic is the word illiterates use for phenomena they can’t explain.

Our memory fragments don't have any coherence until they're imagined in words. Time is a property of language, of syntax, and tense.

There's very little greatness in this world, but in the crucible of quality there's a special corner reserved for Van Halen.

Either he's dead or my watch has stopped.

The abundance of fruit comes out of intimacy with the Lord.

The real problem is usually two or three questions deep. If you want to go after someone's problem, be aware that most people aren't going to reveal what the real problem is after the first question.

The actors I admire, like Ben Kingsley or Daniel Day-Lewis, they totally reinvent themselves in every part. I hope I get a chance to do that.

If you liked a book, don't meet the author

Life doesn't happen along interstates. It's against the law.