I think any songwriter or record, no matter how good it is, can become tedious if it's the same person's point of view. After four tracks, you start to get worn down no matter how good it is. It can be relentlessly good, but it's still going to wear you out.

I still play solo shows. And some of those shows are still some of the best, most gratifying shows.

I think life is a wondrous thing. I'm happy to try pretty hard.

There's been this perception that Europeans still hold on to, that they discover the real talented ones in American culture and give them proper credit and that's not true anymore - it used to be. A lot of jazz musicians would get respect in Europe.

Sometimes I just think we're not meant to fly halfway around the world in a day. That some kind of mutation is going to happen.

All the folks I play with come from jazz backgrounds or at least appreciate spontaneity within the parameters of a pop song.

There's songs that could either be taken as a conversation between two people, like "The Privateers," or "Why," from a much earlier record. Or "Glass Figurine." That's my version of a relationship song.