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" When I first got the record deal, I thought it felt like I won the lottery. But I always worked hard at it. "

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" 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. "

" I just try to make as much money as possible. However I can do it. With as much integrity as I can have. "

" I actually often write about writing music and being in that zone. "

" I really love that 'I Can Feel the Heart Beating as One' Yo La Tengo record a lot. "

" Love is intense, and sadness is intense. "

" Everybody goes up and down throughout their lives. "

" I walk around a lot. People come up to me and say 'Hi,' but not that often. I mean, I get it plenty often, but sometimes I wish they'd come up to me more! I mean, I'm just a regular guy. "

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

" I feel like my music is like - there are always new influences in there. "

" I like New York. I like Philly. I like San Fran. I like when people are stoked. But Chicago's a real music town, and they're really good to us there. There's just something in the air there; people are just really stoked about music. Every time I go there, I have a great time, and the fandom is really heartwarming. "

" I really like Cold Cave. "

" My family was always playing music; I always enjoyed it. My cousin, who is a little older than me, he started playing music, so I wanted to, also. I asked my dad for a guitar, and he got me a banjo, so that was my introduction to playing. I played it like a guitar. I had a few lessons, learned out a few chords, and figured it out right away. "

" 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 benefit from a change of scenery; it's always inspiring. "

" When I write, I tend to tap into this human wondering vibe that could come off negative, but it's really not. "

" My cousin used to make fun of me for liking stuff like C+C Music Factory. I didn't have any tapes; I just liked their song on the radio. We liked that because that was what we had access to. "

" The last blue collar job I had, I was 29. Even 'Childish Prodigy,' I had a day job that whole time. Those early ones, they feel like psychedelic, blue collar records. Especially 'God Is Saying This to You,' there's such urgency in that album. "

" I got depressed so many times by my blue-collar life and self-conscious about the fact that I didn't go to college. I was always working super low-end jobs, being the complete opposite of what I wanted to be. "

" My dad's really funny. The male sense of humor - like my grandfather's and such - is pretty bizarre. Basically my dad's side of the family is where the bizarreness comes from. It's a little goofy and a little out there. "

" I think 'She Drives Me Crazy' is hilarious and good. "

" I'm the kind of person who will set time aside to do something and then do everything but that thing. "

" I proved myself with 'Smoke Ring.' It was me maturing. I made a good pop record. "

" I want really badly to just be funny in a movie but be close to myself. "

" If I had known I'd be on Matador back then in my childhood, it would have blown my mind. "

" 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. "

" I like to laugh at dark things. "

" I'm joking all the time with my friends, even when we're talking about serious things. "

" 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. "

" I'm obsessive when I get an idea in my head. "

" 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. "