My Music Has To Do With Beauty,

The Singing Tells Everybody What To Do Musically.

There's An Element To Songwriting That I Can't Explain, That Comes From Somewhere Else. I Can't Explain That Dividing Line Between Nothing And Something That Happens Within A Song, Where You Have Absolutely Nothing, And Then Suddenly You Have Something. It's Like The Origin Of The Universe.

I Don't Have Any Authority To Talk About The Domestic Policies Of America. But As An Outsider, I Am Mystified By The Fact That You Are Encouraged To Buy A Gun, But If You Use It For The Purpose That It Is Expressly Designed For, You Get The Death Penalty. That Aspect Of America Is Kind Of Mystifying.

Film Seems To Be A Medium Designed For Betrayal And Violence.

The Idea Of Songwriting Is A Transformative Thing, And What I Do With Songwriting Is Take Situations That Are Quite Ordinary And Transform Them In Some Way. Apart From Things Like The Murder Ballads, The Songs I Write, At Their Core, Are Quite Ordinary Human Concerns, But The Process Of Writing About Them Transforms Them Into Something Else.