It's O.k. To Accept Good

Too Much Emphasis Is Put On American Roots Music When People Try And Place Me. You Know, I Grew Up Listening To Punk.

I Have More Respect For Somebody Who Points At His Ideal - In This Case, The Ideal Of The Pirate - And Then Becomes Something That's More Radical, More Exciting, More Subversive Than A Pirate Could Ever Be.

Sometimes The Ensemble 'eighth Blackbird' Will Have Performances And Invite Me To Be A Featured Soloist. I Think That Is What They Call It In That World-"featured Soloist."

For Me, Promotional Thing About Some New Album Coming Out Destroys A Lot Of The Excitement Of Making Records. Records, Movies, Books - They're Not Supposed To Be Like Math Books. The Purpose Of Them Is To Kind Of Take Us Out Of Ourselves And Give Us Some Sort Of Alternate Experience Or Respite. To Try To Maximize The Relationship Of Listening To A Record Through Promotion Is Like Experiencing Driving A Car By Reading About Stimulus Programs. It Kind Of Defeats The Purpose.

I Write A Song To Be Recorded. And To Some Extent To Be Performed, But Definitely More To Be Recorded Than Performed, Because The Recording Will Last Longer Than A Performance.