I'm too shy, really to be able to hang out with my heroes for too long.

I walked along that slippery slope where if you fail through lack of faith, you sell your soul to the devil.

I try to look at this music career thing as the means to an end. And really, at the end of it, I see myself on a sailboat, sailing off the edge of the world.

Their lives ran in circles so small They thought they'd seen it all

I'm one of the few that comes from this vantage point: I never tried to get a record deal.

At one time I was a nihilistic punk with a mohican and a ring in my nose. I think in the course of time I'll find a middle ground, but I also carry that sense of responsibility. I'm in a position to defeat stereotypes.

I regard myself as a true American musician, and I play every style that is my heritage.