I didn't want to be on a major label. I wanted all the attention and the noise to go away because I wanted to be something a little bit more substantial.

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

The only way I was allowed to play was by convincing bands to let me do a few songs while they set up. That went on for years.

I've personally reached the point where the sound of MP3s are so uncompelling, because so much is lost in translation.

I'm sure the music is going to come out. I'm not sure if I'm going to put out 12"s or put the songs on my website. I just have to get them done.

I didn't want to do something typical.

Technology was something I avoided when I started out - I didn't even have electric guitars. Only played acoustic.