I've never presented myself as anything less than a flawed person.

When you get a chance to play with people - informally is one thing, but when you hook up and make something that's going to last or mean something to someone, I take it very seriously.

I really love that type of music where someone can take a guitar or light instrumentation and a beautiful voice and can send me somewhere.

The more years you put behind you, hopefully making music that surpasses what you did before, you're playing bigger places and it kind of weirdly becomes a business.

I've always been a fan of album covers with no writing on them and have used them a lot in my own groups.

The ability to play with different people is infinitely fascinating to me.

I think when you're young and you get together with a group of guys who think like you and you start to make something that moves you as a group of people and you have a common goal, that's an exciting time.