I just like being as romantic as possible. I thrive off unrequited love. I've been in love in one way or another since I was 14. I go full-on in and get obsessive.

I want to be romantic, and songs are a good way to do that.

You know, I'm not comfortable with people whose politics are static in a democracy.

My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car.

The biggest surprise in a man's life is old age.

An example would be handy right about now

As night to stars, woe lustre gives to man.

It sounds simple, of course, but personally I can think of no more mentally arduous task than making music.

I've tried to become a singer with the guitar and not let any technological licks run my life. Just write the licks and play them as best as I can as a part rather than ad libbing.

The part that I felt most comfortable with going in was just working with actors and trying to make them feel comfortable and safe so they could find the performance. That part felt organic to me.

I don't call myself a political figure but I'm taken to be.

People love high ideals, but they got to be about 33-percent plausible