Life is cruel and unfair, my friends, and that is fact.

I've always identified with the misfits

I have this really beautiful Martin guitar, and it just kind of writes songs for me.

When people come together around music, there's something ancient going on. It has to come from a genuine place and that's part of the challenge. You have to cultivate that authenticity everyday.

I would say, if you're a musician then you probably have some capacity and some intuition. You've got to trust that intuition and be true to what compels you. There will be a lot of things along the way that will try to remove you from that, and if you do, then I think you are diminished. If you stay with it, then you have something that's real.

I was not someone who participated in other people's castles.

A lot of people say I wouldn't have a down day, but you look at the music and there's real melancholy.