My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat - and I've been able to do that for 20 years. So I'm completely content.

I've got time, I hope, to make lots of quiet records. So quiet you won't be able to hear them.

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

I was hanging out with Jonathan Richman last night.

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

Basically, between 1989 and 1994, I hadn't taken a vacation.

The best songs I write in 20 minutes.