When I go to a show, all I really want is to hear a performance that sounds legitimate, and not just going through the motions. I'm not sure any amount of jumping up and down really persuades me in either direction.

I've never had any kind of work ethic. I've never sat down with the intention of writing a song.

I don't banter with the audience, cause I don't have anything to say to them, and I'm not feeling any sense of ease or camaraderie when I'm on stage.

Once you feel like you can safely quit a melody, you are free to explore more important things.

Big, evocative words get thrown around, and people can sing along to passionately as if the lyrics just materialized out of the ether, largely because they don't ever seem to coalesce into a writerly voice.

Really good musicians don't think of "self-reflection."

I guess my guitar parts are usually precise, but the execution of those parts is downright treacherous, since I'm not very good on guitar.