I Write A Song To Be Recorded.

I Gathered All The Different Peel Sessions Recordings Together - I Did Six Or Seven Of Them Over The Years - And Listened To All Of Them. These Definitely Have At Least A Superficial Relationship To Each Other Because They're All Very Spare.

As A Kid You Learn That There Are Thinkers And There Are Philosophers And There Are Theologian, And I'd Hear Little Bits Of The Ideas That These People Pursued Or Developed Or Created And I'd Be Really Excited. Then I'll Start To Read It And I Think, "wait A Minute, This Is A Rabbit Hole. This Isn't A Gateway Or A Ticket To Anything Except Itself."

At The Same Time, You Don't Want To Be Blindsided At Some Point Because You've Taken Too Much Comfort From Knowing Nothing. So You Try To Keep A Little Store Of Practical Knowledge. At A Certain Point You Have To Pretend That Something Is True In Order To Have A Relationship With The World.

If We Were Making A Record In Kentucky, There Might Be Some More Elements That Recall A Time, A Place, Or A Relationship. Recording For The Bbc You Enter Into This Strange And Wonderful, But Kind Of Sterile, Place With Which You Have No Personal History, And That's The Maida Vale Studios At Bbc In London.

I Am Thrilled At Most Corners That I Turn Walking Down The Street, I'm Thrilled By Most Pages I Turn When I'm Reading A Book Thinking Of What It's Going To Show And What It's Going To Make Possible For Tomorrow.