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" If somebody else wanted to do a song for McDonald's, that's up to them. I wouldn't do something like that, but whatever. "

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" Even when I haven't played in a while, I can sit down and start with a chord, and just drop into it. It's like this tunnel I go into. The zone is where I want to live. "

" Finger-picking, in general, is a hypnotic thing. I feel like I'm more A.D.D. all the time, so the music has to be hypnotic. "

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" There's so many FM hits that I love. Bob Seger, there's two of his songs that I love. I would probably love more, but I don't sit around listening to Bob Seger records. It's the same thing with Tom Petty; he writes amazing hits, but it's not often that I sit around at home listening to a whole Tom Petty album. "

" 'Smoke Ring' was a downer, then 'Wakin' was an upturn. "

" People do get mad at me for falling asleep sometimes, and it's the most frustrating thing. I can't help it. What am I gonna do? "

" 'Street Legal' is like a cult classic. It's pretty cheesy at times, but you learn to embrace it. "

" I've always been a music fan. I played trumpet. When I was in 4th grade, we were getting demos from the music teacher about different instruments we could play, and I said I wanted to play the trumpet right away. It was easy: it just had three valves. "

" I had a wacky job driving a forklift for an air freight company. That was the worst. "

" I'll know when a song's really awesome, for sure, and I get super stoked, and I'm so high when I'm hearing it back, but then you sit with the record forever. You're mixing it, and you can really just over-think everything. "

" All of my surroundings influence my songwriting. It's autobiographical, although I leave enough space so it's relatable. "

" It's gotta feel natural. I'm always into that, and after awhile, if I am working on a song too long and trying to make something out of it that it's not... it's best just to stop and move on. "

" When I was a teenager, I was mostly getting tapes and CDs, and somebody hipped me to the fact that you can get things on vinyl that are not necessarily available on any other fomat. "

" I go in and out of mental funks all the time 'cause it comes with the territory. "

" I think if you just travel in general, it allows you to step outside of yourself and whatever you're familiar with. "

" Even when I played in little league as a kid, I liked making friends, but I didn't want to be there, really. "

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" There comes a time when you've toured a ton, and a time to be inspired again. Listen to awesome jazz records that are mellow with no words, and just sit there and read a book, or space out on your couch. And eventually, all that inspiration comes. "

" I like a well-rounded life. All of this work is kind of useless if you don't have something good to come home to. "

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" That Yo La Tengo record, 'Painful,' has got some real awesome, noisy, mellow heartbreakers. "

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