It's what the Pixies always said about music - they were writing songs and just trying not to be boring. That was their main motivation and it worked for them. I remember reading that and thinking that was the way to do it.

Everything I do feels like It's going to end up being in Radiohead.

I think guitarists are really over-admired and over-revered.

As I kid, I was always jealous of the music that my favorite bands had written - but not really of how they played. So I'd daydream about having written songs, and this way above being able to perform them.

Maybe I'm used to religious music being gentler in the classical world.

I was happy using cassettes when I was fifteen, but I'm sure they were sneered at in their day by audiophiles.

I don't mind when people are telling me about their 1971 Firebird, but it's the same thing as people telling me about their car or something. It's fine if you have an interest. By talking with me, though, you could be interviewing a novelist about guitars. It's the same thing, except I don't write that well either.