I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.

I want people to come to my music without prejudice. I want them to get the music first. And who I am isn't that important. If they like the songs to me that's a good thing.

I try to look for the good in everybody, regardless of the way they're labeled.

People want to hear about the extremes of human nature. They want things that are larger than their own lives, and more romantic, and not necessarily of their own experiences.

I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands.

But music can save your life sometimes. It probably saved me from working in a bank or something. That's a kind of salvation right there.