I'm a boxing junkie, a serial-killer junkie, and a classical guitar junkie. All of these guys are great, poetic references.

There were a lot more girls at the shows early on. I'd get off stage and there would be options. Those days are long gone, thank god.

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

"The Moderately Talented..." is just a commentary on the conflict that happens when a young artist girl looks up to you, but you're attracted to them in a different way than they are to you.

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'm a boxing junkie, a serial-killer junkie, and a classical guitar junkie. All of these guys are great, poetic references.

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.