Trying to cope with the balance between home life and road life has been a theme in my music since early Red House Painters records.

When you're a touring musician, you're always turning over new rocks and there's always a certain level of tension in your life. The music business, and the travel that comes with it, is stressful, challenging, redundant, exhausting, exciting, and often very depressing. After all of these years, I'm still trying to cope with aspects of it.

Songs are puzzles - you get an intro, or maybe an end, but you gotta fill in the rest. Sometimes they come easy and sometimes they're a pain in the ass.

I've guess I've gotten older and my sex appeal has waned. It's OK. I've got an amazing girlfriend and she keeps me happy.

I wanted to remind people that there was a time when music required an attention span.

Trying to cope with the balance between home life and road life has been a theme in my music since early Red House Painters records.

I feel like when the songwriting slows, I'd love to help others with their records. If it's something I really believe in, it's worth the effort.