I always go through different phases of how I write and record. It takes me a long time to kind of conceptualize what feels right.

It's fun to look backwards and be like, "Oh, this song never really worked live before but now it will sound cool with this lineup."

I'm not going to pretend I'm someone I'm not. I'm not going to put on a pre-fab identity.

I don't know anyone on my mom's or dad's side that was a musician.

Before I knew how to do anything, I was figuring out how to be in a band.

God is the source of wisdom for dream accomplishment. This is the principal principle.

When the guy says go, you start to suffer - or you might as well not be out there. It's a small piece of your life, make it hurt.

I would reject the distinction between a Keynesian moment and a behavioral moment.

So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win.

I write one poem a year, usually in January or February.

I helped put in a rink in Cadillac, Michigan, when my wife was very healthy. She helped them put it in and the rink is going full-bore the last time I was there.

...man is the only animal that strikes his women-folk.

I may buy the Alamo and give it back to Mexico.

I am an artisan. I only became an artist when people watch what I do. That is when it becomes art.

Gardening is an art form, but it has lost its sense of history.