I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.

I'm always making a conscious effort to be viable and accessible.

You want the audience to be uncomfortable.

I want people to come to my music without prejudice. I want them to get the music first. And who I am isn't that important. If they like the songs to me that's a good thing.

To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity.

The good part of writing is where it gets out of your control and turns into something else. You look at it and think "Whoa, where did that come from? That wasn't what I meant to write, but it's more interesting than what I was intending. Which part of my subconscious or my experience did that come from?" Often the answer isn't clear, and often the line between fiction and fact isn't clear, either.

Will there be any bartenders up there in Heaven, will the pubs never close?