The thing I do, really, is a communication with audiences more than any achievement through records.

I'm sure every pattern has been covered, but it's nice to think you might dwell on some that other people don't.

I'm glad I can do both full-band electric and solo acoustic performances. It's nice to have contrast, so if you get fed up with one, you can just switch to the other one. It's great to go to a town and play an acoustic show, and then you can come back a year later and play electric, and the show's really fairly different. The repertoire will be 50 percent different. The musical energy is completely different.

I think it's absolutely possible to write a song and go somewhere where no one's been before, uncharted territory. In terms of content, I see limitations where there should be none. I know there are things I wouldn't write about, but that shouldn't be the case. You should be able to make a song out of anything, out of any situation.

I try to make songs visual and tactile to kind of put you into the action.

It's amazing what some people read into songs.

Every day I'll wear your memory like a favorite shirt upon my back