It's A Perfectly Human Instinct To Want

A Significant Event For Me Was Learning Hank Williams, Reconnecting With His Music's Simplicity, Which Inspired Me To Inhabit The Same Territory. It's Different, Because I Grew Up On Led Zeppelin, The Stooges And Punk, So In That Sense I'm Mutating Country And Folk More Than A Few Degrees.

Dave Played An Important Part In Our Growing, But Change Occurs.

I Think If You Exercise, Your State Of Mind - My State Of Mind - Is Usually More At Ease, Ready For More Mental Challenges. Once I Get The Physical Stuff Out Of The Way It Always Seems Like I Have More Calmness And Better Self-esteem.

You Know, At 35 Or At 38 Or 40 You Really Start To See What Your Body Could Look Like If You Just Don't Do Anything All Winter Long. So That's Another Motivating Factor, Our Vanity.

Right, Those Relationships With Your Parents And Family Are The Hardest To Figure Out, And The Same Patterns Get Carried Into A Band Situation.