The secret is planning your work and working your plan. If you don't know where you are going, how will you know when you arrive? You can't stumble upon your destination.

Relationships of any kind are powerful, and they always influence an artist. It's inescapable.

I wanted to be able to talk with people who have trade jobs and make records with them. I want to do more records with carpenters, electricians, people who specialize in even more bizarre trades that are off the beaten path.

Like the eagle, we (artists) must be able to see clearly.

I'm always afraid, because I do most of my stuff at home, where nobody bothers me, and I don't have to stroke somebody's ego or be careful about hurting someone's feelings. But I also want to know that I can still go into the world and be with other people and make music.

I have three dads: my biological father, God and Bob Dylan.

The biggest failures come round and spring ultimate surprises of survival.