This is to the world and how god damn beautiful it is.

I think that's the most important thing: when life kind of screws you over a little bit, you've got to learn from that experience.

I try not to release songs that I'm not proud of, and even songs that I don't connect with.

If you can drink beer while doing it, it's not a sport

The freeway is just like veins without a heart.

There's no certainty to the next couple of years, but people are paying attention now. And I want to put out a record when people are paying attention, because that's when it has the best chance of being heard.

For a moment there I convinced myself I had my back against a wall, and suddenly the only wall I find my back against is that of a 10 by 10 writing shack in Glendale, where the summer days average between 90 and 100 and each song can be quantified in the sweat it took to write it. There is no ac in hell, and sometimes you've got to get down to get up. The train is gaining speed I should think.