I don't read liner notes and stuff, and I don't read articles very often.

MySpace is such a weird world to me. I don't have a MySpace account. The stuff that's up there, I didn't set any of it up. Fans set it up.

I record to my heart's content whatever I feel like.

I'm more of a perfectionist. I need to be sure everything is exactly where I would want it.

I've recorded a lot of vocals so far and I think they're kinda still in my own world, but I do have that urge sometimes. You want to push yourself to do other things.

I'm trying not to delve into my world of abstraction and self-indulgence. But I haven't. When I sit down and I try not to [be abstract], it comes out really forced and awkward.

If it's a good record or a good recording, then word of mouth will build for that reason, not before the fact, not before anyone's heard it, not because of MySpace or the label.

I like the idea of quietly putting music out there and seeing what it does for itself, to let it take it's own life and see if people respond to it, simply because of what it is.

I don't have a dayjob or anything. And then, winter's [makes it] hard to do anything.

I like things to be a little bit absurd. But I don't really like playing covers.

I could go into their reality any time I chose to, but they could never come into mine. This is what I called 'helping' them.

Lord Almighty your grace is all I need.

I wished it was raining, " he said."I don't need the rain, " I said. "I need you.

Want less, need less, live more.

Readjusting is a painful process but most of us need it at one time or another.

In a bureaucracy, they shoot the bull, pass the buck, and make seven copies of everything.

I love my fans unconditionally. They have been supportive of me through everything, and I would not be here, giving this interview to you, without them.

Sullen monosyllabism, a sure sign of sleep deprivation.

They couldn't bear the idea of death being a big black nothing.

I never smoked a cigar in my life until I was nine