I still feel very much an imposter in the whole music scene, which I'm quite happy about to be honest.

I think there's a certain numbness in modern society, that accepts certain kinds of violence, but represses other kinds of violence.

Musicians are at the bottom of the creative pyramid and authors are at the top, and many people think it's unacceptable for someone to attempt to jump from the bottom to the top of the pyramid.

Certainly being proficient in an instrument does have its problems. Because the better you get, the more you just start sounding like an ordinary guitarist. There are certainly guitarists that transcend that and do really find their sound and all that sort of stuff.

The big problem with songwriting for me is starting a new song. It's the thing where all the anguish exists, not in the writing of the song, but the starting of the new song.

To my undying shame, I do read reviews. I don't read them all, but I like to get some kind of idea how things are going.

You can't trust an artist that just makes good records.