My guitar is really tempermental. I don't give up on it though, I'm close to my guitar!

Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me.

For a long time I was interested in being a social worker. In a lot of ways I feel that that's all my music is, trying to help people.

And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.

I honestly don't listen to a lot of music - I spend so much time working at my own music.

I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.

Some guy refuses to fight and we call that the sin, but he's standing up for what he believes in and that seems pretty damned American to me.