When I was writing this new bunch of songs, I was singing a lot lower, because they were more intimate in a way. I had to come up with a way to frame the music that was intimate.

There's nothing I like more than a writer who can sing, or a musician who has a book out.

With me more than anybody it seems silly having a stage name, and there wasn't any particular difference between me and John Wesley Harding. There wasn't any need to draw that line. I just happened to draw it.

The only problem with conjuring people is they insist on getting paid, unlike a writer who would do a reading for nothing.

Aloha Earth, this is Elvis calling. You'll find me in the big house now.

Novels may have taken care of the emotional business for me, which has allowed music to be more emotional for me.

When I was writing this new bunch of songs, I was singing a lot lower, because they were more intimate in a way. I had to come up with a way to frame the music that was intimate.