It's hard to make music knowing that it's not going to be received by the listener in the way that it should be.

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

You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.

I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose.

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.

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.