Sometimes I daydream about having a farm and a wife and some babies and watching the grass grow, but you have to meet the right person for that.

When I run into a person or a kid that comes up and gives me the spiel about, 'Hey, I got your record at this time in my life, and it really helped me,' that stuff totally still rings true. If you're standing there talking to someone, it's really easy to tell if they're being authentic or not. And that's great.

Since the songs were written over a five-year period, I think these are little snapshots. Some people call it political or topical, but I think each song is self-contained. I think it fits together as a picture of the last half-decade of time.

You mean nothing to no one but that's nobody's fault...

If I loved you, well that's my fault

The way my life's structured, I don't stay in a place for more than a couple months.

They say they don't know when but a day is gonna come. When there won't be a moon and there won't be a sun. It will just go black. It will just go back to the way it was before.