The songs came from a more solitary place and I hadn't played them with many people before recording. So I just added the layers of people who are in my life, and built up the songs.

I think the consistency comes from the parts.

I could hunker down by myself and listen closely to mixes, but then to be able to have a sounding board of peers to get advice and feedback.

You might not be riding high on a great show for as long because you didn't have people to share the joy with.

It's not a morbid thing, but I think I've never been afraid of death, which is maybe why I love writing about it.

When I sang the line, 'Songs about Old Ireland.Songs about being young again.I wish I was young again,' twice people cried. I saw them.

Same if you had a bad show, it just rolls off you more easily.

Maybe when I die and I'm thrown overboard, I'll turn into a mermaid.

It's not that I literally believe in magic or spirits. In my logical life I absolutely don't believe in any kind of mumbo jumbo. But I do have this belief in the greater magic of the universe.

I really am planning on living to be 100. People ask, "Why are you so depressed?" I'm actually a very happy person.

I've always wanted to be thrown into the ocean when I die - to be rowed out to sea and thrown overboard into the Atlantic.

Might. Is there any opiate more powerful than that word?

It is not our external actions that attract others, but it is the actions of our imaginations, visualizations, and subconscious minds that attract others.

Why so many wounded people look for forgiveness from who has injured them?

My friends tell me I'm the most boring celebrity they know! A typical night for me is at home in California or watching movies in my pyjamas.

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

There is no Yoda-there's no one who points you in the right direction. You've got to figure that out by yourself.

I'm from the Midwest, and guys like me don't go on diets. We don't do well on spinning classes.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.[What is a sorrow? A feeling whose benefits have not yet been discovered]

When you're one step ahead of the crowd you're a genius. When you're two steps ahead, you're a crackpot.