It's Nice To Be Able To Backtrack

I've Never Done A Video Where I Feel Like The Images Have Anything To Do With My Song, Except In The Most Vague Way Possible, Because I Feel Like The Song Is Its Own Complete Thing. But Ideally, A Song Is A Complete Sphere Like The Earth, Where If You Were An Alien With A Huge, Huge Finger, You Could Stick Your Finger Into The Middle Of The Ocean And Make An Impression On It. It’s Not An Impregnable Sphere, But It Is A Sphere.

To Me, Recordings Are Little Fourth-dimension Artifacts, Because They Already Are Representatives Of Past, Present, And Future, Just Inherently In Their Existence.

Too Much Emphasis Is Put On American Roots Music When People Try And Place Me. You Know, I Grew Up Listening To Punk.

As It Turns Out, As An Adult I Can Have A Very Unpleasant, Fierce And Unforgiving Temper At Times. But I Don't Think I Had That When I Was A Kid.

I Was Worried Before I Saw The Play 'the Seven Storey Mountain', Thinking I Don't Really Want To See A Play About Thomas Merton. He Probably Wouldn't Have Either, Ideally. Then It Isn't. It's More About Us And It's About Our Relationship To What He May Or May Not Have Thought About. It's Its Own Thing Completely.