Instead Of Just Looking Back, Whiplash-style, I

I Guess There Are A Lot Of People Out There That Think They're Supposed To Define Themselves In Isolation, But That's Not Necessarily The Case.

I've Never Been Drawn To Concert Dvds Because They Take Away The Part Of The Equation That's Most Important To Seeing A Live Show: Getting Jostled Around And Feeling The Energy In The Room. I Definitely Didn't Want To Make One Of Those.

With Music, I Wasn't Curious Anymore. There Was No Dialogue. By The Time I Stopped, I Knew It Wasn't Going To Be Gone Forever, But It Just Wasn't The Right Time For Me To Care About That.

When I Stopped Touring, It Was Like Trying To Stop A Bullet Train Or A Giant Lead Ball Falling From A 100 Stories Up - It's Momentum And It Doesn't Just Stop. I Drew A Line In The Calendar And Made It A Brick Wall And Just Stopped Dead. There Was No Other Way. It Would've Taken Another 100 Years To Slow Down Slowly. I Had To Let Myself Imagine A Calendar With No Lines; When Every Single Day Is Being Predetermined Six Months In Advance, There's No More Fluidity To Time.

I Love Storms And How The Whole House Shakes. When I Was A Kid, There Would Be Lots Of Thunder And Lightning Storms, And They Would Knock The Electricity Out. We Had This Oil Lantern That Had Been In My Grandfather's Homestead At The Turn Of The Century, Before There Even Was Electricity. He'd Bring It Down Off The Top Shelf, And We'd Always Play Cards.