Artists say that paintings are never done. I sort of feel the same way about music. I would never say something is perfect. There are performances that can generate a lot of emotion in me when I hear them, but I can't say if anything is perfect.

I know where I'm going musically. I can see my pattern and I'm going much slower than I thought I'd be going.

I'm very fortunate because I love what I'm doing.

The term "genius" gets used far too loosely in rock & roll.

My finger picking is sort of a cross between Pete Seeger, Earl Scruggs, and total incompetence.

I can only listen to what I'm working on, at the time. I can't listen to anything else because I don't want to copy it.

You can't expect to be the same person you were three years ago. Some people expect you to be and can't come to terms with the fact that if a year has elapsed between LPs, that means one year's worth of changes. The material consequently is affected by that, the lyrics are affected by that... the music too.