We're all human and life is complicated.

I didn't want to put myself, or anyone else, asleep with another quintessential Mark Kozelek album.

I don't make demos. I don't have the interest or the energy or the time.

When I get compared to artists like Jose Gonzalez or Bon Iver, I can't help but think, "I've been doing this since they were in third grade."

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.

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.

Anyone who has toured as long as I have, or who has traveled as extensively, and says that they've never cheated is lying.