I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.

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Folk is bare bones music.

Folk is bare bones music.

Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause...

Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause...

I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.

I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.

Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause...

Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause...

If I fall, I fall. I'll rise up like anybody else.

If I fall, I fall. I'll rise up like anybody else.

I refuse to age disgracefully in rock 'n' roll.

I refuse to age disgracefully in rock 'n' roll.

So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just...

So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just...

Sometimes I think to talk too much about music almost cheapens it.

Sometimes I think to talk too much about music almost cheapens it.

Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause...

Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause...

I really feel there's no limitation on what this band can do in the studio...

I really feel there's no limitation on what this band can do in the studio...

I just want to keep doing what I feel.

I just want to keep doing what I feel.

If I'm inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.

If I'm inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.

If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or...

If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or...

You look like gold. I've been fooled before, but now I know I've made the...

You look like gold. I've been fooled before, but now I know I've made the...

I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.

I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.

I love being on the road, I love playing.

I love being on the road, I love playing.

That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I'm saying, 'cause...

That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I'm saying, 'cause...

The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.

The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.

We went for the best overall feel on each song. There are no musical overdubs...

We went for the best overall feel on each song. There are no musical overdubs...

Right now I'm listening to a lot of different things but I listen to a...

Right now I'm listening to a lot of different things but I listen to a...