People are looking for fame or a focus, and I can't provide that.

I valued the experience of making the recordings, and I value the performances contained therein, and I value so much of what they can represent. I also think they're a terrific listening experience. Putting them out this way was a way of trying to maintain and nurture the relationship with the audience and also shine a light on the recent past, because we are so apt to be forgetful as human beings that there was such a thing as a recent past. These are some of the reasons for making this record.

Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk.

I don't think that word - the word pirate - has any real meaning. Or it's something that's had meaning imposed on it.

Frank Sinatra's never been handsome, but he's one of my favorite singers. Who needs looks when you have a voice and power?

You're making something that won't be what it is until some unknown date in the future. All aspects of the personal disappear.

People are looking for fame or a focus, and I can't provide that.