The music business, and the travel that comes with it, is stressful, challenging, redundant, exhausting, exciting, and often very depressing.

I wanted to remind people that there was a time when music required an attention span.

When I get compared to artists like Jose Gonzalez or Bon Iver, I can't help but think, "I've been doing this since they were in third grade."

We're all human and life is complicated.

I didn't want to put myself, or anyone else, asleep with another quintessential Mark Kozelek album.

I make music to process - because I have to, not for praise or accolades or reactions.

I feel like when the songwriting slows, I'd love to help others with their records. If it's something I really believe in, it's worth the effort.

Anyone who has toured as long as I have, or who has traveled as extensively, and says that they've never cheated is lying.

I don't make demos. I don't have the interest or the energy or the time.

When you get older, you're bothered, or inspired, by other things in life than a girl breaking up with you. Things get heavier as you get older.

I wanted to give my first instincts a chance without shooting them down immediately, which I sometimes do.

The journey as a writer is not so much about our stories, but the stories of others we meet along the way on our wonderful path. #grateful

Most people, it seems like they've only got one part of the equation down. Caring for themselves, or caring for someone else. And I'v learned how important it is to have both.

A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.

I feel really blessed because of where I come from.

Knowing something and understanding it were not the same thing.

Addiction is not a fact of life but a description about how we are choosing to live.

Relax...90% of haters are begging for love. 10% just want a little attention

Because of 'Lost,' particularly, J.J. Abrams's fans are all over his stuff.

I really love Andrew Dominik's movies. When you work with someone whose movies you really love and who you have a lot of admiration for, you turn into putty in their hands.

I think of myself as a young prince from a long line of royalty.