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

I wanted to give my first instincts a chance without shooting them down immediately, which I sometimes do.

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

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."

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.

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.

The music business, and the travel that comes with it, is stressful, challenging, redundant, exhausting, exciting, and often very depressing.