It's so easy to get caught up in your own experiences. They can seem so important. But there are billions and billions of other experiences going on.

My voice sucks. I don't like the tone.

When I pick up the guitar, it's a melody, and that's what drives the lyrics. It's bits and pieces of truth, but it is storytelling.

When I think of folk music, I think of topical songs. And I don't write topical songs.

My backstory is so tedious. I hope the interviews are turning a corner now.

I can't get excited by my own music. It's impossible.

There's nothing in the world so sad as talking to a man who never knew his life was his for making.