Lyrics are my racket; music is play - the fluff stuff.

I'm making music with my friends. It's fun. It should be fun. You shouldn't make music if it isn't fun.

Even if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling.

I don't care much about politics. That kind of witchcraft I stay away from because people end up dead. I'd rather die for music.

I don't think music is my job - I don't think about it that way, because I don't really get paid. There's no paycheck at the end; it's more of a 'whatever is left over' kind of situation.

When you play with great musicians, whether they're schooled or self-taught, they keep you on your toes. It comes down to people's personalities and individual energies.