If you wanna get to heaven, get out of this world.

Maybe love won't let you down. All of your failures are training grounds and just as your back's turned, you'll be surprised... as your solitude subsides.

I think life is the most important thing and you have to live that first and then you're art comes second.

I think you kind of lose the human aspect when you make things too perfect.

As hard as I try to sound tough and dark, I still sound cute.

I'm a control freak with regards to certain aspects. I think you just have to be when you're making stuff in the world. You have to have a clear idea what you want.

I write music, really, to make myself feel better.

Whenever I have a bunch of tunes written, I always find a kind of uniform that accompanies the songs.

I tend to work well within a deadline. If I know I have to get something in three weeks, I tend to A, enjoy myself a little bit more, and B, really work well.

I grew up on Loretta Lynn and Dusty Springfield. I remember lying about it it wasn't cool to listen to country when I was 12.

I am a child of digital generation. I have done most of the records with Rilo Kiley on computers, on Pro Tools or other digital programs.

James - "Are you paying attention or just trying to make me look like an idoit?"Elizabeth - "Oh, I'm definately paying attention. If you look like an idiot it has nothing to do with me.

I believe in the future a new Dante will write a new Divine Comedy.

I have those days where I'm PMSing and bloated.

Real luxury is understanding quality, and having the time to enjoy it.

India doesn't have one problem with China, we have a whole lot of problems pending with China.

When the citizens of a society can see and hear their leaders, then that society should be seen as one.

Power is a drug on which the politicians are hooked. They buy it from the voters, using the voters' own money.

The garden of the world has no limits, except in your mind.

Why should thinkers mock the simple pieties of the people?

I was going through a period where I was just trying not to write songs and was thinking maybe I wouldn't play in a band and make records anymore.