Once I got the open tunings for some reason, I began to get the harmonic sophistication that I heard that my musical fountain inside was excited by. Once I got some interesting chords to play with, my writing began to come.

You have this mounting aggressive ignorance with the rabbit's foot of their particular religion. You don't really have any kind of spiritual law, just a kind of a rabid mental illness. The songs are a little slice of life.

I do have this reputation for being a serious person.

Rationally I have no hope, irrationally I believe in miracles.

People used to say nobody can sing my songs but me, they're too personal.

I like my freedom. I like to do my own grocery shopping.

When I felt that fame - people were nosing me out - well, I moved on. I used traveling names; wigs if necessary.