There's Some Quality You Get

I Didn't Want To Do Something Typical.

I'm More Critical Of My Songwriting Than Anybody, But I've Worked Really Hard In The Last Five To 10 Years To Improve. I Didn't Take It All That Seriously When I Started. It Was A Little Bit Of A Stigma To Being A Songwriter Or A Folkie Back Then. I Did A Lot Of Send-ups Of Sensitive Singer-songwriter Stuff When I Was Starting Out, Which Limited My Development As A Songwriter In A Way. I Wasn't Really Fully Given License To Explore That Until The Mid-90s. I'm Still Working On It; I'm A Little Bit Of A Late Bloomer.

I Think My Whole Generation's Mission Is To Kill The Cliche.

Technology Was Something I Avoided When I Started Out - I Didn't Even Have Electric Guitars. Only Played Acoustic. But After A While, I Realized That It's Important To Embrace Things That Are Available In Your Time, And Try To Do Something Different With Them.

I Think You Have To Keep A Childlike Quality To Play Music Or Make A Record.