I like to think that I'm not old yet.

I don't know anybody who doesn't hate being called alt.country. It just sounds like a website. I don't mind being called Americana, I don't mind being called country noir, or independent country is fine, but the words alt.country make me insane.

You can't just play the same thing, over and over again.

I just really dig feeling subservient to nature. It brings me a peace and calm, kind of like a Faustian thing, I think...

I have this typical Ukrainian face. Even people who know my music don't recognize me most of the time, thank God.

I just want to make stories. They don't have to have a moral or a reason. There might be some mild cautionary notes, but they're not moral. They don't impart any Judeo-Christian ethic of any kind.

The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight. The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You.