For me, it's all about The Dubliners by James Joyce. I love The Dead.

CDs, too. Totally corporate. They look real cheap and soulless and they don't smell of anything.

Even the bands I dig don't have a history of attaining mass consumption.

I guess I'm about ready to promote myself in a more human way. I don't feel quite so insecure.

I'll always be making music. I'd like to do it my whole life - although I also love words and want to write short stories. But right now, my songs are kind of my short stories.

I was hanging out with Jonathan Richman last night.

I know so many songs. I'm like a walking karaoke torture machine.