The mind is like a lake lashed into waves. Make the water of the lake clear and calm.
I dont think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist.
I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played in a punk band. Thats it.
I guess I would call my music blues punk. Theres a lot of influences.
Blind Willie Johnson is a pretty big vocal influence. He can be very harsh, like gargly, gruff vocals, but also just slip into some very delicate, vulnerable soft stuff. I like that combination.
I realized that the reason why my head was so cluttered and why I was so unstable and not taking care of myself, all of these things, was that I was unhappy. If I wanted to get to a happier place and find some kind of peace, I was going to have to address problems with myself, things from my life up until that point that I hadn't dealt with: insecurities, fears, and those kinds of things.
Even when I interviewed bands, it was about asking them about writing songs, so it was more for me than anybody else.
Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it.
When something feels real, you don’t make any apologies for it. When it feels good to you, nothing else matters. Everything else is just noise.
Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow them.
In nature there is no such thing as waste. In nature nothing is wasted; everything is recycled.