Mothers love you to the end, and she didn't want to hold me back from my livelihood. So I left for a month and called her every couple of days. I came home and she died 24 hours later.

Our music is always a reflection of where we are in a society. That's what enables so many people to do what they do. So my advice is to work at your craft. Be the best you can be at your craft and do it sincerely. Even in the world we live in today, that will give you longevity. At the end of the day, I want the quality of my work to stand, not how much I did.

We've always just gotten up there and played. We don't have any dancers, we don't have all that stuff going on, we just get up there and play.

A lot of people pretty much only listen to the chorus.

I wanted to make something that sounded very pure, organic, and personal. I wanted to make music that was timeless.

I haven't thought about making a music film, but if I did, that would be a very interesting idea.

I'm always sort of reflecting on what I do on what I've done. Usually before I make a new album, I'll listen to the previous albums just to see where I've been.