I still play solo shows. And some of those shows are still some of the best, most gratifying shows.

I've done my share of busking, and it's fun until it isn't. There are musicians in the subways that will make you cry, they're so good.

I think I'm still a little too intense for my own good sometimes.

Every time I get up in the morning, melodies occur to me and I start trying to shape lyrics to melodies.

I guess I'm attracted to more archaic words because they can be imbued with more meaning, because their definition is elusive.

My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.

Sometimes I think I don't have much choice in the matter. It's just what happens, and I'm following my instincts the whole time.

Songwriters can sort of get away with murder. You can throw out crazy theories and not have to back it up with data or graphs or research.

All the folks I play with come from jazz backgrounds or at least appreciate spontaneity within the parameters of a pop song.

I am, in some sense, a writer. Even though I kinda downplay the word thing, I do enjoy writing sometimes.

I think when I was pretty young I got really into the tone of my instrument and I remember just playing one note for an hour to just kind of feel the resonance of the violin.

For Heidegger, boredom is a privileged fundamental mood because it leads us directly into the very problem complex of being and time.

Truth can only be found in a person's record of actions, not their list of intentions.

She wasn't easy to be around at the best of times, and during the worst, well, she sucked flaming balls of mean...Still she wanted his eternal admiration.

And thus love makes fools of us all.

I usually think about a play anywhere from six months to a year and a half before I sit down to write it out.

I'm not looking and I don't go hunting. I'm the type who's got to be found.

I have a great relationship with Special Olympics back in Baltimore and have had one for many years.

I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney Opera House and also performing in Melbourne for the first time.

Never tease an old dog; he might have one bite left.

Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to power is to choose to limit oneself - to serve.