I consider myself a lyricist first and foremost, but if you get something else out of what I do, that's fine too. I'm not sitting back here telling people how they have to take my stuff. We just want to play music, and hope that people like it.

I still get really excited looking at stuff that I've seen every day for 20 years.

Good things never last, bad things never die.

You learn to present dark things without including their ability to harm, treasuring them for what they are.

I make up stories that take place in real space with real people. If I could convert this into a technique for experimental novels, I might really be onto something.

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

I always want to try and see what the appeal is in anything. It's the healthiest and most honest approach.