In the music business I am surrounded by people who don't view music as a sacred voice. They view music as something that they can use and exploit, often times lazily. They have no sense of the tradition, they have no sense of honor about those who came before and charted the path.

A good artist is willing to die many times over. What's funny is, I've died so many times.

We've turned into a whining society.

Indie world won't have me, and mainstream world treats me like an alien, but here I am still floating between these two worlds.

Everything about life makes me lonely.

Well, we have brought certain things upon ourselves. I've certainly brought things upon us with my mouth.

My version, of course, is not this flag-waving, let's all get on the Jesus train and ride out of hell. I'm not that kind of guy. It's an embrace that life is good, worth living and yeah, it's not easy, but there are more pluses than minuses.