I have to make rock records occasionally.

I don't write down my experiences, but I have a very decent memory. I have tons of books in which I write down phrases as they occur to me. That's how I write songs. I'll need a line and I'll go through the books and find it, the right rhyme and everything.

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

I lie around and play guitar, that's something I do for sure. In fact that's all I do, I think.

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.

So many times I thought to myself, man, I never want to do drugs again. But I would never sacrifice any experience I've ever had on them, and I am not remorseful that I've done them. I would like to get more and more away from drugs.