Record covers helped me discover a lot of music that I wasn't aware of.

When people meet me I think they're surprised to find out I'm not always angst-ridden.

I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different.

I lead two totally separate lives. There are times when I have to slip into rock star mode.

I will be the focal point for however long I decide to play. Half of me likes that idea and half of me doesn't, but once the adrenaline kicks in, I'll probably really enjoy it.

Anything that I write comes from the soul.

I don't think I've ever tried to be anything other than a weirdo.

I'm not advocating violence but I think somebody should shoot Simon Cowell.

It creates a conflict of interest - what songs would I use for me, and what would I use for the band.

I do a cover of a Velvet Underground song, and they were one of the most important bands, for me.

When I write love songs, people think they're really soppy - but I see love as a consolation for the boredom of life.

Failure opens the door to the most powerful lessons and discoveries – but it does so only if you have the courage to accept reality and look failure in the eye.

I am not perfectly certain I believe in marriage. Why have just one bonbon when you can have the box?

Explore the power of a beautiful wonder.

So, your dad's hot." "Thanks. He was that way when I met him, so I can't really take credit.

It is easy to get to a higher number when you are not asking anything difficult from yourself.

I think poets tell better history than historians. Historians lie all the time but the poets can get to truth of it.

I've always been a serial monogamist.

When there is no turning back, then we should concern ourselves only with the best way of going forward.

Going to LSU was the right move for me. It taught me to be independent.

There are many things that are thorns to our hopes until we have attained them, and envenomed arrows to our hearts when we have.