Just as with a guitar, you can improvise a guitar solo, and they'd probably be similar each time, but they won't be exactly the same. With the word, it's probably a bit freer than that. I probably repeat myself more musically than I do verbally.

Comedy is what happens when you cross the dateline from the unbearable. Things become so unbearable they become a joke.

If you make money back from your record, you're doing it smart. It's an expensive hobby. I'm lucky enough to still make a living as a musician through live work and odd bits of royalties.

Generally, I have an instinct for the noncommercial. And the unpopular.

Promoting a record on a major label is like running a minor military campaign.

I've never been burdened with a hit record, so I don't have to play the same songs. I play songs people think they like.

As soon as a norm is established, people start questioning it, which is probably a good thing in the end.