What makes that song, I think, is how stark it is.
Any way that you can get the end result is valid, whatever it takes.
There wasn't a key moment when I knew I wanted to quit.
I'm not usually in a talkative mode.
I never wrote music or arranged songs or lyrics when I was under the influence of anything but coffee. That's not gone away.
Maybe sincerity is the new punk. But to me, I think I have to connect with something emotionally, on some level, or I don't care about it. And if I don't care about it, then I don't think anyone listening to it will, either.