For me, moving is always a big opportunity. Its just a enough of a shift in outlook that every time I move, it seems to open something up.

Conservative forces in the South have a lot of power - almost dynastic - dating back many years.

There are so many ways to respond to music besides feeling like someone's communicating with you. It gives me a charge.

[Dennis] Etchison would write stories that were just punch lines at the end. You wouldn't realize something horrific was happening until the last paragraph.

Do every stupid thing that makes you feel alive.

This is the funny thing about me. People think John just comes up with all the ideas. I'm honored. People think I have a big old brain, but actually I am the sum of the people I work with.

The process of touring is always so weird to me. Once you've made the album, that's over, you move along.