I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve.

You just want to go back to those 70s albums. Even a lot of the 90s indie records were still done on tape, and you hear the difference.

There are people who've prepared their whole lives for real heavy success and bask in it. They're so good at it and they obviously love it. I'm just happy to be making a record.

It's so easy to criticize your own time, and I see that as a problem, even for myself, as a listener.

I didn't even have a computer until like 10 years ago. I was still using a typewriter until 2002.

As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate.

There's an infinite amount of possibilities and detours and things that can distract you from actually just performing the song and having whatever emotion that's invested into the song come through in the recording.