It's easy to follow national politics and weigh in on social media, but if I'm tweeting stuff about Chatham County, no one cares.

I seem to get the best work when I'm angry and depressed and alienated.

I enjoy hearing people who are good at their instruments and who've found a distinctive voice.

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

I grew up in Southern California, so the whole concept of a local music history is still kinda novel to me.

I just started writing stuff to kill time on summer evenings. This is why I'm always telling people who ask me what they need to do to succeed to give up, do something else.

Take dance music: I like enough of it and its history to be able to say a word or two about this or that record, but I'm nobody's authority.