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

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

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 45 and I don't have time to spend two years of my life bringing in producers and dragging the record around the planet.

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

Demos are something you do in the early stages of your career, but when you get going, you just go in and record the song.

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.