I write about my life and the lives of people around me and situations, and the idea's for each record to try to make you a better person, to understand the life that you lead more.

I think part of what happens is that small labels want to get bigger. And bigger is not better.

Not everyone deserves to be a musician, you get lucky enough to be one.

I've always heard music in my head since I was a little kid, so I've always played towards that. If I felt bad, that's what I did.

Sometimes you've got to draw a line between having all the options and being a slave to the things, using them every time you play the guitar. I'm trying to keep a real inconsistency to the pedals so that it is something new every time.

I'm not politically correct; I never said I was.

The beauty's in the scars.