You Know I Ain't Never

Part Of It Is, I Think, Just To Let People Know You've Got A Record Out There And That You're Still Alive Requires More Work Than It Used To, Because The Traditional Radio, Bug Chains Of Record Stores, All Of That, That Doesn't Exist Anymore.

I Really Believe That If I Make Records That Are Indispensable To My Audience, They'll Go Out And Spend Money To Buy Them, Even If They've Already Downloaded Them. If They Can Afford It. If They Can't, I'd Rather They Be Able To Download It Than Not Get It At All.

When You're Really Bummed Out, The Last Thing You Want To Hear Is Up-tempo And Positive. And It Lets You Know That You're Not Alone, That Somebody Has Hurt Before. It Works The Same Way With Chick Songs As It Does With Political Songs. When You Hear Somebody Singing About These Things, You Know That You're Not Alone, That Somebody Else Is Suspicious Of What's Going On Around Us In The World. So You Don't Feel Like You're Crazy, And You Feel Like You Might Be Able To Make A Difference.

Townes Van Zandt Is The Best Songwriter In The Whole World, And I'll Stand On Bob Dylan's Coffee Table In My Cowboy Boots And Say That.

I'm Not A Democrat; I'm Something Well To The Left Of A Democrat, But I'm Just Realistic About The System.