We waste a lot of our lives sometimes. There are people sitting across from us who would make the whole world better if we spent more time with them in it, but we can't get across that gully.

People really need to show up early to hear Hollis Brown. They are just an unbelievable live band.

If you've never stared off into the distance, then your life is a shame.

For me, songwriting is something like breathing: I just do it. But that doesn't mean you're fantastic.

There just is exponentially more money in the movie business than in the music business. As a result there are more people involved in the creative process.

Got no place to go, but there's a girl waitin' for me down in Mexico. She got a bottle of tequila, a bottle of gin, and if I bring a little music, I could fit right in.

I think I'd been limiting myself in some ways just writing in first person all the time.