I'm into lately being a little less precious about writing and being like, "Okay, what if I just locked myself in my room, pretend that there's someone outside with a gun that's saying, 'Don't come out until you write something.'"

I didn't have the patience for the research, or anything like that. I just like how it sets the imagination off. It's just an area that's very fertile for great words. Great metaphors, potentially.

The earth almost looks like it's packed down and dense from so many feet treading over it.

It's like you don't know you're making a record unless you're half-killing yourself.

Songwriting requires some sort of ceremony to even get the process started, and it can be somewhat arbitrary.

I put a lot into my records, and I won't release anything I'm not totally thrilled with.

The real drag is trying to fly from country to country, day of show, with all your gear. You get hassled all the time. It's hard trying to keep it together.