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.

Nylon string is still a new love and I'm not tired of it yet.

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

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.

I make music to process - because I have to, not for praise or accolades or reactions.

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.

You really think all of those indie music dorks go to SXSW every year to check out music? They go there to wear their laminates and act important and try to get laid.