I don't think music is an art any more than cooking food is an art.

I really enjoy playing music. I feel like it's something to try to give to people.

I was kind of pathetic. That's what got me playing out in the street. I ran out of money and needed more gin for the night.

I don't associate much with anybody. I'm not big on all the teachings and groups and being a part of something, I guess.

I was born or raised in the church, so I guess the first songs I would have played would have been church songs.

You have a history of art-music that you equate with music. That's what I love about that term art-music. It separates itself from music-music, the music people have always made.

For a while, it was something to try to push at people, playing old murder ballads and being upset about everything I was seeing around me. But now I feel a lot more at peace with it.