 Books stay with me and have shaped me and made huge impacts on my life. |
| I was not someone who participated in other people's castles. |
| I like people who have a pulse and aren't afraid to show it. |
| I try to be the fixer of situations and I gravitate to people who are institutional misfits. |
| It was a hard time for me to have a pure moment, to be present, to be here. |
| A lot of people say I wouldn't have a down day, but you look at the music and there's real melancholy. |
| You make kingdoms and castles on your own. |
| My music is so often like a lullaby I write to myself to make sense of things I can't tie together, or things I've lost, or things I'll never have. |
| My music is my way to rearrange the world according to my own hopes. |
| I don't really believe in palm readers and crystal balls and tarot cards, but I respond to the need for them. |
| That's what drew me to rock music in the first place - that sense of remaking the world on your own terms. |
| I've spent several years now with my head down. |
| But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club. |
| Sex is funny and love is serious. |
| I find pleasure in things that are simple. |
| Am I a rock star? Yeah, I guess. |
| There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state. |
| When you're just shagging girls, you can talk about it, but once it gets real, then you don't. |
| I carry groceries home on the tank of my motorcycle. |
| What we value about music and literature are the moments that they create in our minds when we encounter them. |
