You're gonna get thrown curve balls left and right, and that's just the way it goes.

People in the hospital ... call me the wellest man on the ward. That's what's going to sustain me. I have these energy reserves that I somehow can't seem to deplete.

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

And when I got sick I felt confident that if it was the last thing I ever recorded before I left this earth, I would be really proud of it.

It was very easy to kind of, kinda shut off and just, just kinda go crazy and just kinda dive into this or that. You never really take a minute to look around, you know take stock and see where you're at and make sure you're doing things for the right reasons and make sure that you remember to call that person who's really important to you and you know, tell them what's on your mind, and be honest with yourself.

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.

The present's just a pleasant interruption to the past.