If I ever met Dolly Parton for sure, I would just not be able to say anything. I love her.

I want to make music that somehow connects to the things that I love in America music.

Never get so attached to a poem that you forget truth that lacks lyricism.

In high school, we studied a lot of poetical forms. I was really interested in the math that was involved and the strange live break ups. That gave me a great amount of respect for a rhymed stanza.

And a thimble's worth of milky moon Can touch hearts larger than a thimble.

People in San Francisco and the East Bay have shown interest, done interviews, and have come to shows. I guess that the news travels fast out of this island that we are on.

You should listen to a lot of different music.