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.

Oh, I'm not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.

It's cold out there, colder than a ticket taker's smile at the Ivar Theatre on a Saturday night.

I knelt at the altar of Ray Charles for years. I worked at a restaurant, and that's all there was on the jukebox.

I'm trying to get music ideas that come and keep them alive. It's like carrying water in your hands. I want to keep it all, and sometimes by the time you get to the studio you have nothing.

I don't know what the 'big time' is.

Any place is good for eavesdropping, if you know how to eavesdrop.