I'm kind of a hermit. Left to my own devices, I won't submerge myself in anything further afield than the driveway.

If my songs are being listened to between any other songs, that is awesome, and I'm glad people are getting something out of them.

I worked the AV counter at the Roland Heights public library in the '80s. My best story from the library was the time a couple asked for a recommendation, and I recommended Raising Arizona and they absolutely hated it. They came back hungry for blood. I was on my lunch break and my boss came out and said, "Hey kid, you need to come talk to these people. They totally hate Arizona." And he said, "Arizona's a dog; nobody gets that movie."

At 23, you can completely, literally reinvent yourself if you want to.

Normal adult shopping is something I will never actually do, because it's no more possible for me to go shopping like normal adults do than it is for a man with no legs to wake up one day and walk. I can't miss shopping like you'd miss things you once had. I miss it in a different way. I miss it like you would miss a train.

You're not really going to know what a place is like 'til you've lived there a few years - you sort of just have to go with your gut.

My son, who sees me almost every day of his life, will look at me and go, "I know that dude! I like that dude!" It's incredibly affirming.