I'm just worn down and weary of bands whose lyrics are cryptic and self-referential.

I never want to listen to the songs in front of people close to me. There's an emotional honesty in that place where it's not earnest but it's vulnerable.

I'm definitely preoccupied by thinking I'm just a biological thing. I want to feel that there's more, but so often I'm reminded of how we're just like baboons, basically.

Music was my friend when I was a teenager, and I would inhabit and take comfort in lyrics. That's how I want to write.

I started growing roses. I enjoyed the craft of it and that they're difficult to look after; they can provide joy.

I like the fervor of religious music, the zealous aspect - that preachers can go from a conversational cadence into this passionate singing.

When you're making an album with people who made your favorite records as a rebellious teenager, it feels like you've achieved something.

You can get into a comfort zone writing lyrics, like wearing a mask. But I wanted to feel uncomfortable when I was listening back to the lyrics; I wanted to squirm.

I like simple writing. I'd rather read Hemingway than Burroughs.

I was definitely inspired by gospel music, or old-school R&B I got into some Good God gospel compilations.

I'm appalled by the tendency of some rock records to perfect everything to the point where it sounds like Botox and polish it so heavily that there's no humanity left in it.

The laws of physics that deal with inertia also apply to humans, such that situations tend to remain the same over time.

Extinguish even the wee annoyance, as it will grow to become evil!

We all know gifs are pronounced "jifs," right? Their creator says so, damn it!

Always, when I get onto horseback, I'm kind of terrified of being up there.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken.

There's no me if there's no me and you.

What shall we do with...the Jews?...set fire to their synagogues or schools and bury and cover with dirt whatever will not burn, so that no man will ever again see a stone or cinder of them.

I like being able to fire people.

Do you know why God subjects you to so many miseries? That He may bestow on you the riches of heaven.

Love is a condition where the world seems to be standing still, and it's you who are spinning on your axis.