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" I feel a lot of guilt about the freedom that being an artist provides. I ask myself, 'Why am I not the guy emptying the trash, why am I the guy who is watching the guy empty the trash?' "

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" These people who have everything at their disposal as far as cash and connections, I think they just get so mired in the business side of things that they don't just sit at home and record records. Anybody can do that. "

" I try to be of the world, rather than just observing it. "

" From a guy that still doesn't have his foot in the world, I feel pretty grounded as long as I have music. "

" I really enjoy recording right after a tour. We're tired, but the songs are really lived in by then. "

" I like people that can strap on a guitar and don't sweat the fact that you have to come up with a song in an hour. I want to work with someone who won't feel like they have to play along with Jason Molina. I want them to just have the confidence. "

" The consistency - either the theme from record to record, or the band, the different musicians - it really varies. So if I get criticism, I don't worry about that, because I'm still being creative. "

" I write about eight hours a day, and I throw away most of what I write. "

" In songwriting, I needed language. And I always believed in singing about what I do. "

" When I write a record, I don't even touch a computer. I don't even bring my cell phone. "

" I believe in doing vinyl. As long as vinyl can still be made into a high-quality standard, I'm going to still make all my records as a side A and a side B because that's how I grew up listening to music. "

" I don't listen to a lot of music; I write more music than I listen to, for sure. "

" At times, I will get in the studio and force myself to just write an entire front-to-back record, and 'Let Me Go' is one of these. "

" As a city, Chicago really affords me an environment that I am really happy creating in. It's an easy place to live in a lot of ways; it's a great community to be making music in. "