Everything right now tends to be the same and very aggressive, and I think people are getting a little burned out on it.

I've tried to tell people that the reason I don't really get excited over good press is that I don't want to get agitated over bad press. I don't wanna get too high on good press, too low on bad press. It's just not a healthy way to engage with my own feelings about my music.

My problem with iTunes is that I don't have any say in how I'm represented on the site.

People love drama, and if you aren't really interested in perpetuating that, it keeps you from exploding on a mainstream stage. I'm totally fine with that.

I always managed to fly a bit below the radar, but high enough to avoid colliding into anything.

My core values are still the same about music, and my work ethic, and what I want to represent to people.

I think a band - even a band that's been around as long as the Rolling Stones - I think that's still the formula. You know you're gonna get those songs, and you don't mind sitting through the ones that you maybe don't know very well because you know they're not gonna let you down - they're not gonna mess with you. And I kind of feel the same way about the way I structure my shows.