That's something that I think as a songwriter you have to ask yourself - why you're doing it. The world certainly doesn't need more songs. Are you doing it just for your ego?

I think the songs are more about relationships that are endless.

When I did do good stuff in the past, it was because I was able to transcend the parts of my being that weren't healthy.

My highest aspirations as a songwriter are that people would sing my songs or know songs I've written sometime in as far into the future as I feel comfortable seeing.

I don't know if experimental is a word I would ever use comfortably.

When you listen to most of the records that really had an impact on you, they always seem to be from a different era.

The main thing I learned is that the more I can forget about being embarrassed when I make something, the more it is going to mean something to somebody else. I can't anticipate what it's going to be or how it's going to be perceived, so the quicker I let go of something I make, the better.