Being in the studio is like painting, you know, you can really take your time, and try different things, and kind of go deep into it.

Yeah, I was in the phase for the last ten years or so where every record I made I said OK, that's the last one, I don't want to record anymore, I don't want to do this any more, I don't want to have a public life.

It's a little dangerous for me to get outside myself and think about how I want people to see me.

Just a thank you is a mighty powerful prayer. Says it all.

And I don't think that success is going to destroy me at this point in my life, like I used to think.

"Country" has become a marketing term. I see myself as a songwriter.

I dream of songs. I dream they fall down through the centuries, from my distant ancestors, and come to me. I dream of lullabies and sea shanties and keening cries and rhythms and stories and backbeats.