I Picked Up The Guitar At 11,

I Learn All These Things About The Record Talking About It After It's Finished.

Everyone Is Looking For Connections Between The Songs. I Don't Usually Approach A Record As A Concept. There's No Overriding Theme I'm Trying To Represent. It's All About The Individual Songs.

The Songs Are Not Necessarily Autobiographical. A Lot Of Songs Are A Combination Of Influences. It Might Be Some Part Of My Life, Or Something I've Felt, Or Something Somebody's Told Me. It All Comes Together.

We Have More Media Than Ever And More Technology In Our Lives. It's Supposed To Help Us Communicate, But It Has The Opposite Effect Of Isolating Us.

Consume More Than You Need This Is The Dream Make You Pauper Or Make You Queen I Won't Die Lonely I'll Have It All Prearranged A Grave That's Deep And Wide Enough For Me And All My Mountains O'things