I Think If You Exercise, Your State

Every Year Is Filled With Good Times And Fights And Struggles And Misunderstandings. All Of It Adds Up To Being In A Band Over A Long Time.

The Focus Of My Playing Is The Groove, And Every Time I Find A New Rhythm, I Find I Can Write A Bunch Of New Songs. Learning How To Dance, Or Drum, Or To Swing My Body In A New Way Is The Fundamental Way I Find A New Riff. Because When You Learn To Swing Your Body In A New Way, You Begin To Swing With Your Instrument Differently.

A Significant Event For Me Was Learning Hank Williams, Reconnecting With His Music's Simplicity, Which Inspired Me To Inhabit The Same Territory. It's Different, Because I Grew Up On Led Zeppelin, The Stooges And Punk, So In That Sense I'm Mutating Country And Folk More Than A Few Degrees.

Politics Is Tricky; It Cuts Both Ways. Every Time You Make A Choice, It Has Unintended Consequences.

If You Have A Lot Of Nature In Your City, It Becomes A More Enjoyable Place. That's My Own Feeling About It.