It's Good When Someone Says, "would You

In The United States The Government Has Become Less Important. So, It's Democracy, But As Each Year Passes It Seems That The Government Plays Less Of A Role In People's Lives, And So They're Living In Whatever Situation Their Employment Imposes Upon Them More Than They're Living In A Grand Political System.

There's Very Little Admirable About Being A Pirate. There's Very Little Functional About A Pirate. There's Very Little Real About A Pirate.

I Want To Be Successful And I Want People To Hear The Music And I Want To Make Money At It, But If It Isn't What You Do, Eventually It Seems Like That Will Cause You To Not Be Able To Do What You Do. If You Did That For A Couple Years, You Would Just Become Someone Else, Which Is Fine, I Guess...but I Don't Want To Become Someone Else. I Want To Do What I Enjoy And What Feels Right.

Too Much Emphasis Is Put On American Roots Music When People Try And Place Me. You Know, I Grew Up Listening To Punk.

We Always Keep Things Very, Very Simple. We Can Make A Respectable Living Playing A Smaller Room That Somebody Else Couldn't, Because They're Spending A Lot Of Money. If We Can't Get A Show Up And Deliver With What We Almost Intrinsically Have In Our Brains And Our Pockets, Then I Don't Really Want To Do It.