I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.

Technology was something I avoided when I started out - I didn't even have electric guitars. Only played acoustic. But after a while, I realized that it's important to embrace things that are available in your time, and try to do something different with them.

When you say 'state' you mean 'national.' National Socialism. That is what Mussolini and Hitler did. National Socialism. State Capitalism. They've changed the name.

Just out of curiosity, I wonder what makes music or culture or taste go in certain directions. Who knows what the forces are behind it.

I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.

You can't write if you can't relate.

When you use some of the more modern recording devices and Pro Tools, when you get into the technology, you are aching to get into some territory.