I went to art school and never thought I'd be a musician, but then punk rock came along in the late 70s and kind of ruined my life. So I quit art school to get involved in music and I've been doing it ever since.

I like loud electric guitars because I like how you can just lose your entire being in the sound.

Playing an old record doesn't interest me at all. It's exactly the opposite of what I want to do.

I don't want to sound like everybody else.

I'm just as comfortable performing solo with just my acoustic guitar and vocal as I am with a band. The main thing for me is that the performance remain rooted in the words and voice, that there be no place to hide.

You find ways to push yourself into the sound through repetition. It doesn't stay the same. It morphs constantly.

Maybe in the future I'll put out someone's one-off project, but generally I don't have time.