Marketing has supplanted story as the primary force behind the worthiness of making a film, and that's a very sad thing. It's film only as a function of consumerism rather than as an important component of our culture, and that's everywhere around the world.

I always think of the live show first, where the song is gonna go in the show. That's why they aren't sad songs. When I play, I want to make people happy, not sad. It's such a pleasure for me to do what I do, and I want other people to feel some form of that pleasure, too.

I find it amusing on one level, poignant on another, when people try to get recognition from an outside source. It's sad.

Divorce was very sad, obviously, but now I've gotten over it.

I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world.