I used to be a lot more engaged on an improvisational level than other people. I was always on tour and always had a guitar in my hands, and when I went back home, my battery was at full charge. I had a lot of energy to get off, just impulses that I could draw upon.

Unfortunately it's hard for me to be a fanboy for anything these days just because I see so much music.

When I started having a couple of beers and loosening up, I realized how many years I had wasted going back to my hotel room alone when I could have gone and just had a beer or two.

I think the younger kids need to realize there's this whole forgotten 90s that people don't really talk about.

I've been used for writing rhythm guitar chords for a long time because it's so easy to play and chords just sound good on it.

A lot of Appalachian music has a certain haunted, foggy feel to it; a certain sinister quality. And that transcends who is singing it. I think it's good if an artist can represent some kind of culture that they either aspire to ignite, or that they themselves experience.

I collaborate a little bit with different aspects of my own mind. I kick my own ass instead of kicking other people's asses.