People have sort of a problem trying to see an end to a situation as being positive or romantic.

A songwriter's heart is pure when they have the desire to keep digging deeper into music. And invariably, when you dig deeper it always leads you into the past.

Inspiration and work ethic - they ride right next to each other.

Nowadays, everybody assumes, when the wake up in the morning, if they have a question, it will get answered. Because they have the internet. No matter what the question is, someone will answer their question.

Onstage, I don't feel any glory from people clapping in the audience, but when they're pushing me to do something new that feels good.

You can't do better than that.

Punk is an attitude, not a genre, age group, or time period. What's interesting is trying to define the blues and punk in different ways. They are very close cousins.