A baseball team is like a band. Because, conceptually, there are no heroes in baseball - there's just the team.

I don't like going to the studio. It just seems too cold. There's no crowd to react to, or share anything with; it's just talking into a microphone that's going into a computer.

When I'm trying to write a song for someone else, you can only see anything through your own eyes.

I couldn't write a political song. There's just opinion; it's all arbitrary anyway. It's all subjective.

I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words.

I just like writing lyrics. I find a little satisfaction in performing live, making records. But primarily, I just try to write every day.

I don't think music is my job - I don't think about it that way, because I don't really get paid. There's no paycheck at the end; it's more of a 'whatever is left over' kind of situation.