We're all human and life is complicated.

I wanted to remind people that there was a time when music required an attention span.

When I get compared to artists like Jose Gonzalez or Bon Iver, I can't help but think, "I've been doing this since they were in third grade."

I didn't want to put myself, or anyone else, asleep with another quintessential Mark Kozelek album.

I make music to process - because I have to, not for praise or accolades or reactions.

The music business, and the travel that comes with it, is stressful, challenging, redundant, exhausting, exciting, and often very depressing.

I feel like when the songwriting slows, I'd love to help others with their records. If it's something I really believe in, it's worth the effort.

Anyone who has toured as long as I have, or who has traveled as extensively, and says that they've never cheated is lying.

I don't make demos. I don't have the interest or the energy or the time.

When you get older, you're bothered, or inspired, by other things in life than a girl breaking up with you. Things get heavier as you get older.

I wanted to give my first instincts a chance without shooting them down immediately, which I sometimes do.

It isn’t the lack of opportunities you are facing, more so the lack of confidence

Troubles teaches us what we fail to learn.

When you read, " the man whispered, "you discover who you really are. You find traces of yourself, little pieces you didn't know were there.

When did life start being something you had to work at and not something that just is?

Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life.

I fought Sugar Ray so many times, I'm surprised I'm not diabetic.

Just know this, that God is faithful, even when you don't have faith yourself.

I have a lot of Twitter rules. I never swear on Twitter, and if anybody's inappropriate, I block them. I have young followers.

I believe people may have a predisposition for artistic creativity. It doesn't mean they're going to make it.

We tried our best to buy Dhoni during IPL 1 but unfortunately failed to do so.