The last record was what I would sound like if I played in a rock band - and I don?t. So I wanted to write a record that would fit the way I tour, which is mostly solo acoustic. It?s a completely different aesthetic experience.
It`s hard to talk about them (politics and religion) in a way that doesn`t anger people, and I often make people angry, ... I`m trying to do it as inoffensively as possible, and it shouldn`t be offensive. It should be what we talk about.
I`ve got much in my life that`s so good: my wife, my children, my friends. I don`t need anything filled up by success or a band, ... If I`m going to play with people, I`m going to do it in situations that match the rest of my life, where there`s a lot of ...