I won't necessarily make new music because when you make a record there are these great expectations on the side of the record company who are going to produce your record, promoters that are going to do your shows. They want you to do interviews, they want you to play shows. I mean, they want it to be a campaign.

I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song.

I don't like to have everything all worked out in my head because there's always a chance of it coming out different than you think it should anyway.

Bob Dylan is quite a songwriter, and a great singer and musician. I won't bother with comparing myself to him, but I will say that I heard his records at a very young age and I still listen to all his records.

I have had UFO experiences, and yet, at the same time, I can easily be convinced that none of it is true. It's hard to say whether or not you're a believer. I've been interested in that subject matter, like lots of people. Perhaps foolishly, I've allowed some of that stuff to creep into my music.

The first thing that inspires any song is a chord progression. When I have one I really like, I get into the lyrics even more.

My most cryptic, strange songs might be my most personal, but that isn't how people are going to receive them, because they don't know the code.