I think the music business will eventually crush me, but I [smiles]... I'm ready.

They say that God makes problems just to see what you can stand, before you do as the devil pleases.

I didnt know how many people knew who Ferdinand was.

I can't think of anything off the top of my head that seems more important than something designed to raise money to keep something going that keeps IV drug users from dying.

It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning

But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.

I don't really think of time off as writing blocks. I think that's a western notion of demonizing inactivity. When your imagination decides it needs to take a nap. maybe that's what it needs to do.