If I ever meet a writer or a painter, I don't presuppose that they are like the work they are presenting.

I don't think that much anymore in terms of 'write a record, record a record, tour a record,' because in my own mind, things have changed, in that I'm just an ongoing artist. I'm not quite sure what the next project needs to be until it presents himself, and then I know. I just follow dutifully while I'm being led.

When I write - I always write on my own - I demo those songs on a four-track.

I like things that are beaten up, that have lived a little. I like things that are real. I like things that are made out of wood or string. I never feel very responsive to plastic machinery.

I am someone that follows the news and reads newspapers yet what do you believe and what don't you.

At this point in my life, I'm probably not gonna be able to stop writing because it's gonna help me be able to do what I need to do.

The devil wanders into my soul.