Steve Jobs was a digital pioneer, but when he went home, he listened to vinyl.

I have no idea who's steering, and I don't really care .. I just keep going whatever the inclination is ... there are threads that are continuous and hold everything together and a major thread is country music.

The cutthroat avenues of rock 'n' roll, I am fed up with. I don't want anything to do with it.

Long, flat expanses of professionalism bother me. I'd rather have a band that could explode at any time.

I'm not in love with things at the moment. I was never crazy about Nirvana - too angst-ridden for me. I like Pearl Jam. I prefer them to a lot of other bands. There's a lot of angst in a lot of it, which is one of the great things to tap into. But I'm not a fan of moroseness.

I just like a good, sad song. The sadder, the better. It moves me.