“I grew up hearing words like snakeroot, sassafras, mullein - things that had wondrous, mysterious sounds in their names.”

“I fall in love with contradictions without understanding. I can't really portray them unless I do. So in a roundabout way I have to fall in love, it's my duty. If love is about understanding and understanding is compassion and compassion is love, I have to have compassion towards the world.”