They say that I have no hits and that I'm difficult to work with. And they say that like it's a bad thing.

when your down on your luck and you've lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans

When it's raining you can't find enough things to catch it in. When it's not you can stand out in the middle of the street in a dress and a funny hat and nothing's gonna make it rain. I go through periods - or spells - when I'm more receptive.

Children make up the best songs, anyway. Better than grown-ups. Kids are always working on songs and throwing them away, like little origami things or paper airplanes. They don't care if they lose it; they'll just make another one.

I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.

Sometimes the magnetism of a song is impossible to ignore, and it demands that it be sung in a certain way.

You know what I really love? The CD players in a car. How when you put the CD right up by the slot, it actually takes it out of your hand, like it's hungry. It pulls it in, and you feel like it wants more silver discs.