I Wish I Was As Sure About

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 Have A Low Tolerance For Mediocrity In Music And Life. I'm Into Pain And Joy And The In-between Doesn't Interest Me.

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.

Funerals Are A Pagan Rite. There's Not Any Doubt About It.

At Home, I'm Lucky If I Can Write Three Or Four Hours Before The Phone Starts Ringing And The Kids Want To Go To Soccer.