My first guitar was a Gibson Challenger.

When I did have a little bit of commercial success, it really didn't suit my temperament at all. I'm a terrible public person.

I don't really care about money. I find money boring and accounting boring, so I'm probably not going to ever make a lot of money.

For a long time, music was hope. Now it seems music isn't enough to make me happy. It used to be that's all I needed to keep going. Now I need other things to take up the other parts of my life.

Songwriting is like going to church. I'm connecting to something, and it's rewarding in really important ways. I don't need to share it with anyone to feel good about it.

I love 'Crazy Horse,' and Neil Young is one of my favorite guitar players.

I don't make money on the road, and so there's less and less incentive for me to do it when I don't have that adolescent desire for whatever it is, glory or fame.