Maybe I Am A Jerk Sometimes. Maybe

I'm Actually A Pretty Upbeat Person Outside Of Playing Music.

For Me, A Record Is Valid When I Actually Hold The Vinyl. Like, I've Worked On The Art For A While And I See The Vinyl And I Go "ooh, It's An Actual Lp. How Cool Is That?" That's Very Sacred To Me. You Can't Take That Back, You Know?

A Lot Of The Songs I Write Are Like Songs That I've Never Been Able To Find On Any Record, But That I've Always Wanted To Hear. Or Maybe In A Style I Already Loved, But I Was Looking For Something In It That I Wasn't Hearing Yet.

I Always Have To Remember That I Am The Narrator, But It Doesn't Have To Be About Me. A Lot Of Songwriting Is About Trying To Use What Part Of Me Is Valid In Telling The Story. I Don't Want To Overcook It, You Know? Sometimes It Seems That's Really Where The Work Is.

Being A Rock Musician Is Already Like Ego-tripping Hardcore. You're Self-consumed, And You're Always Thinking. It's Really Easy To Say, "i'm Going To Write A Song About This Situation, And When I'm Done, Everyone Will Care." To Everybody Else, That's Ego-tripping.