Maybe certain aspects of what I was doing were reacting against what was happening or what people said, too. That's something that happens when you're starting out. After some time goes by and you get a little perspective, you realize that you don't need to react. You can just carry on with what you're doing. That took me a long time figure out; I've only gotten to that point in the last five or 10 years.

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.

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.

The limitations are limitless.

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

With my own music, I try to get away from things that are familiar and things that would be easy for me to go to.

Sometimes, reissues can be revelatory, or put the original record in a different light, but those are rare.