As an independent artist, you control the means of production, which is the ultimate form of empowerment.

Feeling anxious or depressed sometimes is part of what it means to be a person, and it might even be essential to success.

There are people who are profoundly mentally ill. But we now have a very weird perspective on mental illness and what it means. I do think that people are overmedicated.

I love playing in Chicago. It's the memory lane hometown, which is really nice.

Even the dark places are places. You're still somewhere.

There's only so many variations on the basics of human relationships. To me, it's all about the detail and how you tell the story. How you say, 'I love you.'