I write the songs, go in and record them, then I listen to everything and decide how it all fits together.

I'm trying to get out of my own way

I guess you could write a good song if your heart hadn't been broken, but I don't know of anyone whose heart hasn't been broken.

It's really about living in your head... just looking out at the world, then going back into your head and tossing around a lot of ideas and coming out with something interesting to say.

I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it.

Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don’t want it.

Blaze Foley was a genius and a beautiful loser.