I Think You Should Be

I've Never Been In Another Kind Of Midlife Crisis. I Don't Know What It Feels Like When You're Through That, But I Definitely Feel That Changing A Few Things, Like Being On A Different Label And Having Things Kind Of Settle Back Into A Sense Of Normality, Helps To Feel Grounded.

I'm Really Drawn To The Uncompromising Realness Of Natural Process: It's Unadorned. It's Not Very Pretty.

There Was This Kind Of Wackiness That Was Really Embraced And Put On A Pedestal. It Was Before The Millennium. We Were Envisioning A Future That Was Mostly Idealistic. I Think That Came Crashing Down A Little Bit In 9/11, Or A Lot. There Is Something About Portland That Does Seem To Still Exist In This Total Idealistic World And Total Idealistic Mind Frame, And I Think That's What Dream Of The '90s Is Talking About.

I Read A Lot; Fiction And Non-fiction Are The Mediums I Find Most Edifying And Inspiring. I Watch Movies And Listen To Music And Take Lots And Lots Of Walks. Nature Is A Nice Reset Button For Me, It's How I Get A Lot Of Thinking Done.

It Was Writing About Music For Npr - Connecting With Music Fans And Experiencing A Sense Of Community - That Made Me Want To Write Songs Again. I Began To Feel I Was In My Head Too Much About Music, Too Analytical.