I would read fishing reports on the road and then it just occurred to me: I should go to sea school and get my captain's license, see if I can get paid to be out here every day.

The juxtaposition between fishing and touring couldn't be greater.

I would read fishing reports on the road and then it just occurred to me: I should go to sea school and get my captain's license, see if I can get paid to be out here every day.

I want to make 20, 30, 50 studio records.

On tour, I'll get up at 5 p.m. and go to bed at 8 in the morning. With fishing, it's the exact opposite. Fishing is the only healthy thing I do. Touring is such a grind; it's the opposite of healthy.

When you first start doing it, being on tour is inspiring, because you've never been anywhere.

If you write 50 songs, you're bound to write at least a dozen good ones.