It was easier than explaining DiMaggio's use as a metaphor.

There are lots of really good guitarists, but they play with the same pedals that everybody else does. Everybody buys the same pedals, so the sounds tend to be the same. I am looking for different ways of doing that without having to spend days and weeks and months fooling around with pedals, which I don't enjoy.

Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.

Being an artist doesn't mean that you're a good artist. That was the bargain I first made with myself: I'd say, I'm an artist, but I'm not really very good.

Elvis was the reason I picked up the guitar.

You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.

I'm always going forward toward something, and that something is usually an album, because I like to record. I probably like to record more than I like to write.