My parents, especially my mother, were no influence on me whatsoever.

If it's a good LP, you'll get that tingle that makes you put it on again no matter what your initial reaction was. On the other hand, if you don't get that tingle, you'd better take it straight down to the record exchange.

I suppose my father was more influential in my starting to play the guitar.

Come English Settlement, I had it in my head that I didn't want to tour.

Where I've arrived now is the product of mixing the very straight with the very exploratory; there's a fine line between the two, although it tends to be getting straighter and straighter because my songwriting is getting better.

I'm really interested in bands that sound nothing like anything I do or can do. That's what interests me.

My parents, especially my mother, were no influence on me whatsoever.