People will surprise you. Several times a week I see or hear about something creative our associates have done. It's inspiring to see their ingenuity and pace.

We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.

I do other projects-I'm building an outdoor model-train layout, which has been a lot of fun. It just takes me away into another world. There's no pressure to it. I have a buddy who helps me build it. We spend days and days and days and weeks and months on these. If you're stuck, you've got to get out of it. You've got to get way out of it.

I don't force it. If you don't have an idea and you don't hear anything going over and over in your head, don't sit down and try to write a song. You know, go mow the lawn...My songs speak for themselves.

For whatever you're doing, for your creative juices, your geography's got a hell of a lot to do with it. You really have to be in a good place, and then you have to be either on your way there or on your way from there.

The Seed Sounds Weekender is a vital reminder that music doesn't start in boardrooms or big arenas; it starts in back rooms, pubs, basements, and independent spaces run on love, grit, and belief in something bigger.