"I think artists can influence only through making music that challenges people, excites them and flips them out. Music that repeats what you know in ever-decre...
"Hopefully I just get a little more fine-tuned and a little more real and vulnerable all the time. I think the main thing I tried to achieve on this record—wh...
"It’s pretty easy. To have that one thing is your favorite thing to do… I mean, of course you have those moments where you think maybe you’re not achievin...
"I love it. I’m open to constantly changing. I never want to do the same thing twice. I never want to make something that feels too much like something I’ve...
"We didn't want to do that whole cliche of making it really bombastic. We actually take away quite a lot . Sometimes we'll think, "What does this song need?" an...
"The cliche of what a rock star is - there's something elitist about it. I never related to that. I'm an entertainer. I think of it as, you're performing for pe...
"I don’t want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living. I don't want my words to be taken out of context. I dont want to be infantilized be...
"Certain people are like 'Oh, here come the Feminazis!' You end up acting 10 times nicer than you even need to be, to be the opposite of the stereotype like 'Yo...
"I love the music of Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu and more recently the music of Laura Marling. All these women share a strength and a wisdom in their voices and...
“No flower in a field that’s crooked is not perfect. No bird with a broken wing is not perfect. I don’t shit talk nature so I can no longer shit talk myse...
"I think it's a matter of people realizing that you're never going to sell... it's never going to be the thing where you have a ton of bands selling a million r...
"Technology's impact on music can be measured in one undeniable way over the past few years: the huge proliferation of one-man bands, young (mostly) dudes work...
"I didn’t make it “cool again” . . . I just simply recognized an already existing phenomenon. I can’t take credit for the beauty in the flowers and tree...
"You can get a record and legally buy it for sometimes as low as six or seven dollars. I'm like, that is some mozzarella sticks at your local diner. Two years o...
"To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When ...
"I think I could walk into any music shop anywhere and with a guitar off the rack, a couple of basic pedals and an amp I could sound just like me. There's no de...
"I know there are lots of positives in the evolution of technology, but I also think it will be responsible for the end of a unique character, of a specific kin...
"Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what...
"Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity. So it's like, just take advantage of these last few years because none of this is ever going...
"Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you." - Lao Tzu...
"A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meani...
