There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.

If anyone asks you what kind of music you play, tell him 'pop.' Don't tell him 'rock'n'roll' or they won't even let you in the hotel.

I'd call what I do pop music, but it's folky and electronic and it doesn't really sound like much else.

We're not uncomfortable with it, and we've already been through enough of the music business where I'm not really worried that commercial success is going to in some way - we're already past saving, you know what I mean? It's too late for us.

A verbal art like poetry is reflective it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.