Sometimes I think I don't have much choice in the matter. It's just what happens, and I'm following my instincts the whole time.

Just don't let the human factor fail to be a factor at all

Playing the violin and singing and whistling are just three different ways of making sound. It's not trying to replace a band, per se. It's become a completely different thing. And it's not just simply an effect. It's just a very surprisingly intuitive thing.

Some of my earlier songs are kind of more about mental illness.

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.

I have some irrepressible pop impulses to write an appealing, concise song. And I also have some irrepressible kind of restlessness as well, and I need to keep myself interested. When I'm left to my own devices, there's a struggle.

I think I'm still a little too intense for my own good sometimes.