It's like sometimes, you can just lay back and it takes the pressure off of you.

The only ones that stand out to me are people like Jonathan Richman or Robyn Hitchcock, who can make you totally cry while their music is so funny and they're hilarious. They know they're great but they also don't think they're better than you and they really invite you into their show.

The Bible tries to make humans not animals the whole time. I think it's a bit of a mistake.

I'm pretty self-conscious, so I tend to work in a way where I say what I need to say and get out rather than revisit things. It's kind of a collage style. I realized that it had more emotional weight that way. I'll always be in the developmental stages as far as being a songwriter.

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

Every band wants to go believe me, not everybody makes it, but they want to.

I think I have a lot of empathy for animals and nature in general. Those things just make me comfortable. I grew up in the middle of nowhere, around a lot of animals. I feel for them.